COVID-19 Update: Nigeria Records 684 Coronavirus Cases

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 684 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 684 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 26.

This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 684 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 259 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Oyo-76 Katsina-69 Delta-66 Rivers-46 Ogun-23 Edo-22 Osun-22 Ebonyi-21 FCT-20 Kaduna-16 Ondo-10 Imo-9 Abia-9 Gombe-5 Plateau-4 Bauchi-4 Ekiti-2 Anambra-1, southeast Nigeria.

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The NCDC tweeted: “684 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-259 Oyo-76 Katsina-69 Delta-66 Rivers-46 Ogun-23 Edo-22 Osun-22 Ebonyi-21 FCT-20 Kaduna-16 Ondo-10 Imo-9 Abia-9 Gombe-5 Plateau-4 Bauchi-4 Ekiti-2 Anambra-1 23,298 confirmed 8,253 discharged 554 deaths,” the tweet added.

684 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-259
Oyo-76
Katsina-69
Delta-66
Rivers-46
Ogun-23
Edo-22
Osun-22
Ebonyi-21
FCT-20
Kaduna-16
Ondo-10
Imo-9
Abia-9
Gombe-5
Plateau-4
Bauchi-4
Ekiti-2
Anambra-1

23,298 confirmed
8,253 discharged
554 deaths pic.twitter.com/glShs4mIZ2

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 26, 2020

Meanwhile, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to twenty-three thousand, two hundred and ninety-eight (23,298) with eight thousand, two hundred and fifty-three (8,253) people discharged and five hundred and fifty-four (554) deaths recorded so far.

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