Nigeria records 575 COVID-19 cases, total now 31,323

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, announced that the country has recorded 575 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 31,323.

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

“On the 10th of July 2020, 575 new confirmed cases and 20 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 31323 cases have been confirmed, 12795 cases have been discharged and 709 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory

“The 575 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos(224), Oyo(85), FCT(68), Rivers(49), Kaduna(39), Edo(31), Enugu(30), Delta(11), Niger(10), Katsina(9), Ebonyi(5), Gombe(3), Jigawa(3), Plateau(2), Nassarawa(2), Borno(2), Kano(1), Abia(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	12,051	10,140	1,764	147
FCT	2,433	1,665	733	35
Oyo	1,689	745	925	19
Edo	1,593	607	929	57
Delta	1,348	863	454	31
Rivers	1,343	450	847	46
Kano	1,303	221	1,030	52
Ogun	1,063	336	705	22
Kaduna	946	312	622	12
Katsina	655	191	441	23
Ondo	606	462	124	20
Borno	586	96	455	35
Gombe	527	119	387	21
Bauchi	519	8	498	13
Ebonyi	508	5	497	6
Plateau	499	241	242	16
Enugu	469	192	263	14
Abia	402	134	265	3
Imo	359	290	61	8
Jigawa	321	2	308	11
Kwara	311	131	168	12
Bayelsa	299	128	153	18
Nasarawa	238	117	113	8
Osun	212	121	84	7
Sokoto	153	2	135	16
Niger	135	20	108	7
Akwa Ibom	134	60	71	3
Benue	121	80	35	6
Adamawa	100	22	71	7
Anambra	93	19	65	9
Kebbi	86	16	63	7
Zamfara	76	0	71	5
Yobe	62	3	51	8
Ekiti	46	4	40	2
Taraba	27	16	11	0
Kogi	5	0	3	2
Cross River	5	1	3	1

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