Coronavirus disease updates in Nigeria

COVID-19 cases as of Saturday night, 18th July in Nigeria has reached 36,701 after 653 new cases were confirmed by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

Onyxnews Nigeria quotes NCDC reporting that, so far there have been 14,938 discharged cases and 778 deaths.

The Centre for Disease Control, while giving the updates in the country through micro blogging site, Twitter stated that: “653 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria Lagos-115 Kwara-85 Enugu-80 FCT-78 Rivers-36 Ondo-35 Oyo-30 Katsina-28 Kaduna-19 Abia-19 Nasarawa-18 Plateau-17 Imo-16 Ogun-9 Ebonyi-9 Benue-9 Kano-9 Delta-8 Bauchi-7 Ekiti-6 Gombe-4 Bayelsa-4 Adamawa-4 Osun-4 Cross River-1 Yobe-1 Borno-1 Zamfara-1.”

The agency also stated: “Total confirmed cases to be 36,701, 14,938 discharged and 778 deaths.”

653new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/HD7XgD1s3I

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 18, 2020