Nigeria confirms 626 new COVID-19 cases, total now 27,110

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, announced that the country has recorded 626 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 27,110.

The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Thursday night.

“On the 2nd of July 2020, 626 new confirmed cases and 13 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 27110 cases have been confirmed, 10801 cases have been discharged and 616 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 626 new cases are reported from 20 states; Lagos-193, FCT-85, Oyo-41, Edo-38, Kwara-34, Abia-31, Ogun-29, Ondo-28, Rivers-26, Osun-21, Akwa Ibom-18, Delta-18, Enugu-15, Kaduna-13, Plateau-11, Borno-8, Bauchi-7, Adamawa-5, Gombe-4, Sokoto-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	10,823	9,060	1,631	132
FCT	2,020	1,377	608	35
Oyo	1,432	717	703	12
Kano	1,257	228	977	52
Edo	1,203	662	498	43
Delta	1,149	737	387	25
Rivers	1,114	389	687	38
Ogun	898	270	609	19
Kaduna	818	236	570	12
Katsina	578	114	441	23
Bauchi	512	34	466	12
Gombe	511	123	369	19
Borno	501	35	433	33
Ebonyi	438	78	357	3
Plateau	393	164	219	10
Ondo	353	223	110	20
Imo	352	296	50	6
Abia	351	141	207	3
Enugu	342	169	164	9
Jigawa	318	1	308	9
Kwara	269	118	142	9
Bayelsa	234	96	123	15
Nasarawa	213	92	113	8
Sokoto	152	16	121	15
Osun	148	94	48	6
Niger	116	64	45	7
Akwa Ibom	104	48	54	2
Adamawa	89	36	47	6
Kebbi	81	16	58	7
Zamfara	76	0	71	5
Anambra	73	7	57	9
Benue	65	34	30	1
Yobe	61	5	48	8
Ekiti	43	1	40	2
Taraba	19	9	10	0
Kogi	4	3	0	1

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