Nigeria’s COVID-19 infections Near 40,000 With 591 New Cases

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According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC on Friday night,  the total number of infections in the country is now 39, 539

The tweet revealed that Oyo State had the highest number of infections on Friday with 191 cases, with Lagos State following with 168 cases.

Other states read as follows: FCT-61 Ondo-29 Osun-26 Ebonyi-24 Edo-23 Ogun-14 Rivers-13 Akwa Ibom-12 Kaduna-10 Katsina-6 Borno-4 Ekiti-3 Delta-3 Imo-3 Niger-1

So far, 16,559 patients have been discharged with 845 deaths recorded.

591 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Oyo-191
Lagos-168
FCT-61
Ondo-29
Osun-26
Ebonyi-24
Edo-23
Ogun-14
Rivers-13
Akwa Ibom-12
Kaduna-10
Katsina-6
Borno-4
Ekiti-3
Delta-3
Imo-3
Niger-1

39,539 confirmed
16,559 discharged
845 deaths pic.twitter.com/6ShOHoggtS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 24, 2020