JUST IN: Nigeria records close to 40,000 COVID-19 cases with 438 new infections

Nigeria has recorded 438 new cases of COVID19 with 11 deaths in the country, this according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The health agency announced this on Saturday night in a tweet.

The tweet said so far, 39977 cases have been confirmed, out of the sample tests of 259516 conducted.

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It said the 438 new cases reported from 24 states including the FCT are, – Lagos(123), Kaduna(50), Rivers(40), Edo(37), Adamawa(25), Oyo(20), Nasarawa(16), Osun(15), Enugu(15), FCT(14), Ekiti(13), Ondo(13), Ebonyi(11), Katsina(10), Abia(9), Delta(8), Kwara(4), Ogun(3), Cross River(3), Kano(3), Bauchi(3), Yobe(2), Sokoto(1), Niger(1)

438 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-123
Kaduna-50
Rivers-40
Edo-37
Adamawa-25
Oyo-20
Nasarawa-16
Osun-15
Enugu-15
FCT-14
Ekiti-13
Ondo-13
Ebonyi-11
Katsina-10
Abia-9
Delta-8
Kwara-4
Ogun-3
Cross River-3
Kano-3
Bauchi-3
Yobe-2
Sokoto-1
Niger-1 pic.twitter.com/QVEEvTktXP

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 25, 2020

Solacebase reports that 16948 patients have been discharged and 856 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory