COVID-19: Nigeria’s total exceeds 23,000 as NCDC confirms 684 new cases

The spread of COVID-19 appears unstoppable as Nigeria’s total confirmed cases hit 23,298 on Friday night when the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) released its update.

The increased figure resulted from the addition of 684 new cases confirmed by the NCDC.

Lagos remains the country’s epicentre with 259 new cases by distantly by Oyo with 76 new baseband Katsina with 69 new cases.

The full report is as follows:

684 new cases of #COVID19 Nigeria;

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

See state by state breakdown below: