COVID-19: Nigeria Records 675 New Cases of Coronavirus, Increasing Total Number of Cases to 20,919

Coronavirus cases in Nigeria increased further with 675 cases reported by the country, even as the nation intensifies efforts to flatten the curve of the pandemic.

The new cases were confirmed by the specialist agency, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.

This increases the country’s total infections to 20,919 out of which 7,109 have been discharged with 525 losing their lives.

675 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-288
Oyo-76
Rivers-56
Delta-31
Ebonyi-30
Gombe-28
Ondo-20
Kaduna-20
Kwara-20
Ogun-17
FCT-16
Edo-13
Abia-10
Nasarawa-9
Imo-9
Bayelsa-8
Borno-8
Katsina-8
Sokoto-3
Bauchi-3
Plateau-2

20,919 confirmed
7,109 discharged
525 deaths pic.twitter.com/7nAWZGBiYY

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 22, 2020

Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 20 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 288 cases.

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/dizb7qmeT5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 22, 2020