Adunni Akinwunmi/
Nigeria on Thursday recorded 626 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total infections to 27,110.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known on its official twitter handle.
The NCDC also said Nigeria reported 13 deaths, bringing the total to 616 deaths in 35 states and the FCT
The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC said that Lagos State reported the highest number of cases with 193 new cases while FCT reported 85 new infections.
Lagos State had the highest number of fresh infections for the day – 193 – and is followed by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 85 cases of the virus with Oyo State having 41 persons infected.
Other states which had new infections are: Edo – 38, Kwara – 34, Abia – 31, Ogun – 29, Ondo – 28, Rivers – 26, and Osun – 21.
The remaining states with new cases for the day are: Akwa Ibom – 18, Delta – 18, Enugu – 15, Kaduna – 13, Plateau – 11, Borno – 8, Bauchi – 7, Adamawa – 5, Gombe – 4 and Sokoto – 1
According to the NCDC, Nigeria has also discharged 10,801 people with 616 deaths reported from the virus as of July 2nd, 2020.
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