Ondo records 95 as new COVID-19 cases confirm in 23 States; Nigeria’s Infections Near 35, 000

By Tunde Olorungbotemi

Every State in Nigeria has reported an infection from the virus.


Ondo State on Thursday night recorded ninety-five fresh COVID-19 cases as Nigeria’s infections from the virus inched closer to the 35, 000 mark.










This, was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle few hours ago which noted that the country had 595 new cases of the virus for the day.


The new COVID-19 infections were reported in twenty-three states in the country and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking Nigeria’s total cases to 34, 854.










Nigeria’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos State, had the highest number of cases for the day with 156 persons infected with the virus while Ondo State comes second having reported 95 fresh infections.


Below is the breakdown of the 595 cases recorded in Nigeria;










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 .


14, 292 have fully recovered and discharged as of July 16th, 2020, according to the NCDC.










On the flip side, 762 deaths have been reported from the virus, data from the health agency further revealed.