Nigeria records 648 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) as total cases now 41,180.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in a twitter post on Monday 27 July, 2020.
Lagos leads with 180 new cases of COVID-19 followed by Plateau-148, FCT-44, Ondo-42, Kwara-38, Rivers-32, Oyo-29, Kaduna-21, Osun-20, Edo-17, Ogun-17, Ekiti-11, Kano-9, Benue-9, Delta-9, Abia-9, Niger-7, Gombe-3, Borno-1, Bauchi-1, Imo-1
The figures mean that 21 out of 36 states in Nigeria are involved in the new infections.
The NCDC via its official Twitter account revealed that the new cases are as follows:
Lagos-180
Plateau-148
FCT-44
Ondo-42
Kwara-38
Rivers-32
Oyo-29
Kaduna-21
Osun-20
Edo-17
Ogun-17
Ekiti-11
Kano-9
Benue-9
Delta-9
Abia-9
Niger-7
Gombe-3
Borno-1
Bauchi-1
Imo-1
While Nigeria’s total confirmed cases are 41,180, 18,203 were discharged from isolation centres across Nigeria and 860 deaths were recorded.