Lagos State on Thursday recorded one hundred and fifty six new COVID19 cases even as Nigeria’s infections from the virus now stands at 34,854.
This was released in a tweet on the official handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which noted that the country had additional 595 new cases of the virus for the day.
The new COVID-19 infections were reported in twenty-three states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Other COVID-19 cases for the day were reported in Ondo- 95,Rivers – 53, Abia – 43, Oyo – 38, Enugu – 29, Edo – 24, FCT – 23, Kaduna – 20, Akwa Ibom – 17, Anambra – 17, Osun – 17 Ogun -14, Kano – 13 and Imo – 11,Delta – 6, Ekiti – 5, Gombe – 4, Plateau – 4, Cross River – 2, Adamawa – 1, Bauchi – 1, Jigawa – 1 and Yobe – 1.
Of the number of persons infected with COVID-19 in Nigeria, 14, 292 have fully recovered and discharged as of July 16th, 2020, according to the NCDC while 762 deaths have been reported.