BREAKING: COVID-19 hits 779 cases in Nigeria

By Gabriel Ogunjobi

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the record for the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 24077.

779 new cases were recorded today. The centre made this known via its Twitter handle.

The new cases per states are listed below:

Lagos-285

Rivers-68

FCT-60

Edo-60

Enugu-56

Delta-47

Ebonyi-42

Oyo-41

Kaduna-19

Ogun-18

Ondo-16

Imo-12

Sokoto-11

Borno-9

Nasarawa-8

Abia-5

Gombe-5

Kebbi-5

Kano-4

Yobe-3

Ekiti-3

Osun-2

779 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-285
Rivers-68
FCT-60
Edo-60
Enugu-56
Delta-47
Ebonyi-42
Oyo-41
Kaduna-19
Ogun-18
Ondo-16
Imo-12
Sokoto-11
Borno-9
Nasarawa-8
Abia-5
Gombe-5
Kebbi-5
Kano-4
Yobe-3
Ekiti-3
Osun-2

24,077 confirmed
8,625 discharged
558 deaths pic.twitter.com/JsOtNeFSDx

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 27, 2020

With the total of 24,077 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria,  8,625 patients have been discharged across the country while 558 lives have been lost to the virus.