BREAKING: COVID-19 is now 37,801 cases in Nigeria, 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 37,801 .

576 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-88

Kwara-87

FCT-82

Plateau-62

Ondo-39

Enugu-28

Oyo-26

Taraba-24

Kaduna-20

Ebonyi-20

Edo-17

Cross River-16

Kano-14

Rivers-11

Ogun-10

Delta-9

Nasarawa-8

Osun-8

Katsina-3

Imo-2

Kebbi-1

Borno-1

576 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-88
Kwara-87
FCT-82
Plateau-62
Ondo-39
Enugu-28
Oyo-26
Taraba-24
Kaduna-20
Ebonyi-20
Edo-17
Cross River-16
Kano-14
Rivers-11
Ogun-10
Delta-9
Nasarawa-8
Osun-8
Katsina-3
Imo-2
Kebbi-1
Borno-1

37,801 confirmed
15,677 discharged
805 deaths pic.twitter.com/LbyjQ81wtJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 21, 2020

In total, there are now 37,801 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 15,677 patients discharged and 805 deaths.