Coronavirus
BREAKING: Nigeria records new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), check break down for each state

Nigeria has recorded new cases of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the total number of the disease confirmed in the country now is 34,259.
Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 643 new cases of the pandemic infection have been detected in Nigeria, making all cases of the disease 34,259 in the country, with 13,999 discharged cases and 760 deaths.
This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC confirmed 643 new cases of COVID-19 via the micro-blogging site, Twitter earlier on Thursday, July 16 2020.
NCDC recorded that with 643 COVID-19 cases confirmed now, 220 were detected in Lagos, Oyo-69 FCT-51 Edo-43 Osun-35 Rivers-30 Ebonyi-30 Kaduna-28 Ogun-27 Ondo-23 Plateau-20 Benue-17 Enugu-16 Imo-10 Delta-6 Kano-4 Nasarawa-2 Kebbi-1 Ekiti-1 respectively.
NCDC tweeted: “643 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-230 Oyo-69 FCT-51 Edo-43 Osun-35 Rivers-30 Ebonyi-30 Kaduna-28 Ogun-27 Ondo-23 Plateau-20 Benue-17 Enugu-16 Imo-10 Delta-6 Kano-4 Nasarawa-2 Kebbi-1 Ekiti-1,” adding that: “total of 34,259 cases were confirmed, 13,999 discharged and 760 deaths.”
643 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-230
Oyo-69
FCT-51
Edo-43
Osun-35
Rivers-30
Ebonyi-30
Kaduna-28
Ogun-27
Ondo-23
Plateau-20
Benue-17
Enugu-16
Imo-10
Delta-6
Kano-4
Nasarawa-2
Kebbi-1
Ekiti-134,259 confirmed
13,999 discharged
760 deaths pic.twitter.com/pcSg04O0qM— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 16, 2020
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