On Saturday July 18, 2020, at 11:23p.m. Nigeria has recorded 653 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 36,107. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known through its Twitter handle at the weekend.
The update also showed that 14,938 patients have been discharged while 778 have died in the process because of complications from the dreaded virus. The 653 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria as recorded from across the country are as follows:
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1