JUST IN: NCDC Announces 649 Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria, 250 In Lagos

Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 649 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 649 new Coronavirus cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, June 24.

This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 649 COVID-19 cases recorded on Wednesday evening, 250 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Oyo-100 Plateau-40 Delta-40 Abia-28 Kaduna-27 Ogun-22 Edo-20 Akwa Ibom-18 Kwara-17 FCT-17 Enugu-14 Niger-13 Adamawa-13 Bayelsa-7 Osun-6 Bauchi-6 Anambra-4 Gombe-3 Sokoto-2 Imo-1 Kano-1, northern Nigeria.

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The NCDC tweeted: “649 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-250 Oyo-100 Plateau-40 Delta-40 Abia-28 Kaduna-27 Ogun-22 Edo-20 Akwa Ibom-18 Kwara-17 FCT-17 Enugu-14 Niger-13 Adamawa-13 Bayelsa-7 Osun-6 Bauchi-6 Anambra-4 Gombe-3 Sokoto-2 Imo-1 Kano-1 22,020 cases 7,613 discharged 542 deaths,” the tweet added.

649 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-250
Oyo-100
Plateau-40
Delta-40
Abia-28
Kaduna-27
Ogun-22
Edo-20
Akwa Ibom-18
Kwara-17
FCT-17
Enugu-14
Niger-13
Adamawa-13
Bayelsa-7
Osun-6
Bauchi-6
Anambra-4
Gombe-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-1
Kano-1

22,020 cases
7,613 discharged
542 deaths pic.twitter.com/2AMqZM4ih7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 24, 2020

The development means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to twenty-two thousand and twenty (22,020) with seven thousand, six hundred and thirteen (7,613) people discharged and five hundred and forty-two (542) deaths recorded.

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