The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday confirmed 624 new cases of Coronavirus across the country.
This brings to 41, 804, Nigeria’s over all COVID-19 cases.
According to an update on the health agency’s verified Twitter handle, eight persons died from the disease on Tuesday bringing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in the country to 868.
The body further disclosed that 18,764 patients have made full recovery from the disease.
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Lagos, the epicentre of the disease recorded 212 cases, the highest among the 18 states which reported new cases.
The NCDC tweet read in part: “On the July 2020, 624 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 41804 cases have been confirmed, 18764 cases have been discharged and 868 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 624 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (212), Oyo (69), Niger (49), Kano (37), Osun (37), FCT (35), Plateau (34), Gombe (33), Edo (28), Enugu (28), Ebonyi (17), Delta (10), Katsina (9), Ogun (8), Rivers (7), Ondo (5), Kaduna (4), Nasarawa (2).”
