Nigeria surpasses 27,000 with 626 new COVID-19 cases

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Nigeria’s COVID-19 curve going up

By Taiwo Okanlawon

Nigeria’s COVID-19 (Coronavirus) cases have surpassed 27,000 mark after the nation recorded 626 fresh cases of the virus on Monday.

According to figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Nigeria now has 27,110 confirmed cases.

In Thursday’s figures released by the NCDC, Lagos topped with 193 new infections, with FCT ramping up 85 new cases and Oyo followed with 41 fresh infections.

Others are Edo-38 Kwara-34 Abia-31 Ogun-29 Ondo-28 Rivers-26 Osun-21 Akwa Ibom-18 Delta-18 Enugu-15 Kaduna-13 Plateau-11 Borno-8 Bauchi-7 Adamawa-5 Gombe-4 Sokoto-1.

676 people were discharged across the country, while 13 new deaths were recorded.

626 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-193
FCT-85
Oyo-41
Edo-38
Kwara-34
Abia-31
Ogun-29
Ondo-28
Rivers-26
Osun-21
Akwa Ibom-18
Delta-18
Enugu-15
Kaduna-13
Plateau-11
Borno-8
Bauchi-7
Adamawa-5
Gombe-4
Sokoto-1

27,110 confirmed
10,801 discharged
616 deaths pic.twitter.com/v4AOwNPHuN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 2, 2020