COVID-19: Lagos, Ebonyi Lead As Nigeria Records 544 Fresh Cases
Nigeria has recorded 544 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, as total infections from the virus reached 28, 711.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle on Sunday night.
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The NCDC said as of July 5, the country had discharged a total of 11,665 patients while total deaths from the virus stood at 645.
According to the agency, no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC stated that the 544 new cases were reported from 19 states, namely Lagos-199, Ebonyi-65, Oyo-47, Ondo-46, Ogun-31, Edo-30, FCT-28, Katsina-25, Plateau-15, Bayelsa-11, Kaduna-10, Adamawa-10, Akwa Ibom-8, Gombe-7, Kano-4, Taraba-3, Rivers-2, Abia-2, Ekiti-1
The federal government has continued to advise citizens to take the COVID-19 prevention seriously to avoid contracting the virus or spreading it to others.
