BREAKING: COVID-19 cases in Nigeria now 38,948, says NCDC

By Gabriel Ogunjobi

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that the record for the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to  38,948.

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

The new cases of COVID- 19 across the country spread thus:

Lagos-203

Oyo-87

FCT-79

Edo-41

Osun-35

Ogun-24

Rivers-22

Kaduna-22

Akwa Ibom-20

Plateau-18

Delta-9

Ebonyi-9

Imo-8

Enugu-5

Kano-5

Cross River-5

Katsina-4

Nasarawa-3

Borno-2

Ekiti-2

Bauchi-1

604 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-203
Oyo-87
FCT-79
Edo-41
Osun-35
Ogun-24
Rivers-22
Kaduna-22
Akwa Ibom-20
Plateau-18
Delta-9
Ebonyi-9
Imo-8
Enugu-5
Kano-5
Cross River-5
Katsina-4
Nasarawa-3
Borno-2
Ekiti-2
Bauchi-1

38,948 confirmed
16,061 discharged
833 deaths pic.twitter.com/fZgmSoSeSH

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 23, 2020

So far. there are now 38,948 confirmed of COVID-19 in Nigeria, with 16,061 discharged and 833 deaths