COVID-19: Nigeria toll hits 32,558 with 740 deaths

Nigeria on Sunday night recorded 571 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 32,558.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet late Sunday, saying the infections were recorded in 20 states and the FCT.

See a breakdown of the cases below.

A beak-down state by state of the infected on Sunday night is as follows: Lagos – 152, Ebonyi – 108, Edo – 53, Ondo – 46, FCT – 38, Oyo – 20, Kwara – 19, Plateau – 17, Osun – 14, Bayelsa – 14,Ekiti – 14, Katsina – 14, Akwa Ibom – 11, Kaduna – 11, Rivers – 11,Niger – 10, Ogun – 7,Kano – 6, Cross River – 4, Bauchi – 2.

The NCDC further revealed that so far, a total of 13,447 patients have been discharged after recovering from the virus, while the death toll has reached 740.

571 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-152
Ebonyi-108
Edo-53
Ondo-46
FCT-38
Oyo-20
Kwara-19
Plateau-17
Osun-14
Bayelsa-14
Ekiti-14
Katsina-14
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-11
Rivers-11
Niger-10
Ogun-7
Kano-6
Cross River-4
Bauchi-2

32,558 confirmed
13,447 discharged
740 deaths pic.twitter.com/h9SJid9veA

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 12, 2020