Nigeria has recorded new Coronavirus cases with the NCDC announcing 561 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
The new cases were confirmed on Tuesday night in a series of tweets on the verified Twitter account of the health agency.
Ekohotblog understands that the NCDC noted that of the 561 COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday evening, 200 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Edo-119 Kaduna-52 FCT-52 Niger-32 Ogun-19 Ondo-16 Imo-14 Plateau-11 Abia-8 Oyo-8 Bayelsa-7 Katsina-6 Kano-5 Bauchi-3 Osun-3 Kebbi-3 Borno-2 Jigawa-1, northern Nigeria.
See below the newly confirmed cases as reported by the NCDC on June 30.
561 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-200
Edo-119
Kaduna-52
FCT-52
Niger-32
Ogun-19
Ondo-16
Imo-14
Plateau-11
Abia-8
Oyo-8
Bayelsa-7
Katsina-6
Kano-5
Bauchi-3
Osun-3
Kebbi-3
Borno-2
Jigawa-125,694 confirmed
9,746 discharged
590 deaths pic.twitter.com/eWq5s7KvYj— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 30, 2020
This development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to twenty-five thousand, six hundred and ninety-four (25,694) with nine thousand, seven hundred and forty-six (9,746) people discharged and five hundred and ninety (590) deaths recorded so far.
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Meanwhile, Ekohotblog reports that Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, today confirmed that he had contracted COVID-19.
Akeredolu disclosed his COVID-19 status via his official Facebook page on Tuesday. His words; “Akeredolu tests positive for COVID-19. Earlier today, I got confirmation of a positive result for Covid-19. I am asymptomatic and not displaying any symptoms,”
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