NCDC confirms 684 new COVID-19 cases, total now 23,298

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 684 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number to 23,298.

The NCDC made the announcement on Friday night via its Twitter handle.

“On the 26th of June 2020, 684 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 23298 cases have been confirmed, 8253 cases have been discharged and 554 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 684 new cases are reported from 19 states- Lagos(259),Oyo(76), Katsina(69), Delta(66), Rivers(46), Ogun(23), Edo(22), Osun(22), Ebonyi(21), FCT(20), Kaduna(16), Ondo(10), Imo(9), Abia(9), Gombe(5), Plateau(4), Bauchi(4), Ekiti(2), Anambra(1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	9,741	8,140	1,475	126
FCT	1,676	1,126	518	32
Oyo	1,264	748	506	10
Kano	1,191	322	818	51
Rivers	982	408	536	38
Edo	873	573	267	33
Delta	781	589	170	22
Ogun	756	241	498	17
Kaduna	684	354	320	10
Katsina	528	239	267	22
Bauchi	497	61	424	12
Gombe	487	142	329	16
Borno	477	58	387	32
Jigawa	317	120	191	6
Plateau	298	134	156	8
Abia	297	121	173	3
Ebonyi	285	37	247	1
Imo	278	242	33	3
Kwara	217	83	128	6
Ondo	216	127	70	19
Enugu	202	160	37	5
Nasarawa	198	78	112	8
Bayelsa	184	131	41	12
Sokoto	140	7	118	15
Osun	106	54	47	5
Niger	84	44	37	3
Akwa Ibom	83	38	43	2
Zamfara	76	0	71	5
Adamawa	73	30	37	6
Anambra	71	5	57	9
Kebbi	71	23	42	6
Yobe	56	3	45	8
Benue	47	31	15	1
Ekiti	40	10	28	2
Taraba	19	9	10	0
Kogi	3	3	0	0

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