The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday announced 544 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The health body on its website, said the new cases were recorded in 19 states.
Meanwhile, the new cases brought the total number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country to 28,711.
The NCDC also disclosed that the country recorded 11 COVID-19 related deaths on Sunday bringing the total number of fatalities to 645.
Lagos, the epicentre of the disease recorded the highest number of cases with 199 cases.
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The body said also that no new state reported a case of the virus in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC post read in full: “On the 5th of July 2020, 544 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 28711 cases have been confirmed, 11665 cases have been discharged and 645 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 544 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos(199), Ebonyi(65),Oyo(47), Ondo(46), Ogun(31), Edo(30), FCT(28), Katsina(25), Plateau(15), Bayelsa(11), Kaduna(10), Adamawa(10), Akwa Ibom (8), Gombe(7), Kano(4), Taraba(3), Rivers(2), Abia(2), Ekiti(1).”
