The number of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria is 34,854, according to the data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday Night.
HSENations reports that the NCDC confirmed 595 new COVID19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday night, July 16.
According to the tweet of the 595 cases, 156 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Ondo-95, Rivers-53, Abia-43, Oyo-38, Enugu-29, Edo-24, FCT-23, Kaduna-20, Akwa Ibom-17, Anambra-17, Osun-17, Ogun-14, Kano-13, Imo-11, Delta-6, Ekiti 5, Gombe-4, Plateau-4, Cross River-2, Adamawa-1, Bauchi-1, Jigawa-1, Yobe -1.
NCDC tweeted:
595 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-156
Ondo-95
Rivers-53
Abia-43
Oyo-38
Enugu-29
Edo-24
FCT-23
Kaduna-20
Akwa Ibom-17
Anambra-17
Osun-17
Ogun-14
Kano-13
Imo-11
Delta-6
Ekiti-5
Gombe-4
Plateau-4
Cross River-2
Adamawa-1
Bauchi-1
Jigawa-1
Yobe-1 pic.twitter.com/XQfsmVTlAZ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 16, 2020
Meanwhile, AllNews reports that the development means that Lagos state total confirmed cases to 13,097, followed by Abuja-2,7361, Oyo-1,989, Edo-1,874, Rivers-1,480, Delta-1,404, Kano-1,331, Ogun-1,146, Kaduna-1,087, Ondo-865, Katsina-669, Ebonyi-646, Plateau-595, Borno-593, Enugu-560, Gombe-537, Bauchi-522, Abia- 456, Kwara-422, Imo-420, Osun-328 cases, Jigawa-322, Bayelsa-318, Nasarawa-254, Akwa Ibom-162, Sokoto-153, Niger-145, Benue-143, Anambra-118, Adamawa-111, Kebbi-88, Zamfara-76, Ekiti-72, Yobe-63, Taraba-30, Cross River-12 and Kogi-5
