As at Thursday July 16, 2020 Nigeria recorded 595 fresh cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with nine deaths according to the latest update by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The latest number of confirmed cases brings the total reported cases to 34,854. The NCDC also said on its Twitter handle that Lagos State the epicentre still leads with 156 new cases, followed by Ondo State, which has 95, then River State with 53 but, no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
Till date, 34,854 cases have been confirmed, 14,292 cases have been discharged and 769 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT, Abuja, the NCDC updated. The full breakdown of the 595 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria as recorded on Thursday July 16, 2020 are as follows:
Lagos-156
Ondo-95
Rivers-53
Abia-43
Oyo-38
Enugu-29
Edo-24
FCT-23
Kaduna-20
Akwa Ibom-17
Anambra-17
Osun-17
Ogun-14
Kano-13
Imo-11
Delta-6
Ekiti-5
Gombe-4
Plateau-4
Cross River-2
Adamawa-1
Bauchi-1
Jigawa-1
Yobe-1
