JUST IN : Nigeria’s COVID-19 deaths exceed 800, with 562 new cases

Nigeria has recorded 562 new cases of COVID19 with 12 deaths in the country, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

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

It said till date, 37225 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, out of the total sample tests of 214,228 conducted.

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The tweet said the 562 new cases reported from 21 states including the FCT are, – FCT (102), Lagos (100), Plateau (52), Kwara (50), Abia (47), Kaduna(35), Benue (34), Oyo (26), Ebonyi (24), Kano (16), Niger (15), Anambra (14), Gombe (12), Edo (11), Rivers (6), Nasarawa (5), Delta (5), Borno (3), Enugu (2), Bauchi (2), Kebbi (1)

562 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-102
Lagos-100
Plateau-52
Kwara-50
Abia-47
Kaduna-35
Benue-34
Oyo-26
Ebonyi-24
Kano-16
Niger-15
Anambra-14
Gombe-12
Edo-11
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Delta-5
Borno-3
Enugu- 2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi- 1

37,225 confirmed
15,333 discharged
801 deaths pic.twitter.com/YOnyl1KNUP

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 20, 2020

Solacebase reports that 15,333 cases have been discharged and 801 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.