JUST IN: COVID-19 daily infection rate, again FCT leads with 93, Lagos 78

Nigeria has recorded 462 new cases of COVID-19 with 1 death in the country, this according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The health centre announced this on Friday night in a tweet.

It said so far, 43151 cases have been confirmed, out of the sample test of  279,675 conducted.

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According to the tweet, the 462 new cases reported from 16 states including the FCT- FCT (93), Lagos (78), Plateau (64), Kaduna (54), Oyo (47), Ondo (32), Adamawa (23), Bauchi (19), Rivers (9), Ogun (9), Delta (9), Edo (7), Kano (6), Enugu (6), Nasarawa (5), Osun (1)

462 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-93
Lagos-78
Plateau-64
Kaduna-54
Oyo-47
Ondo-32
Adamawa-23
Bauchi-19
Rivers-9
Ogun-9
Delta-9
Edo-7
Kano-6
Enugu-6
Nasarawa-5
Osun-1

43,151 confirmed
19,565 discharged
879 deaths pic.twitter.com/m4LZc6V7eI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 31, 2020

Solacebase reports that 19,565 patients have been discharged and 879 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory