Nigeria ‘s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased to 21, 371, with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reporting 452 new infections.
On Tuesday eight deaths from the virus were reported taking the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 533.
In a tweet Tuesday night, the health agency said the new cases had been recorded in 14 states.
These are Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Delta, Ogun, Federal Capital Territory ( FCT), Abia, Enugu, Bauchi, Kaduna, Ondo, Osun, Imo, Benue and Borno.
Currently all reporting states had at least one outbreak of the virus.
As of Tuesday, at least one case of the illness has been confirmed by 35 states and the FCT. Just one state, Cross River, has yet to confirm any virus case.
On Monday, Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), said all states in the country had cases of the disease, indicating that Cross River was not free of it as the state government claimed.
On Monday, Lagos reported the highest daily infection figure, and remains the country’s epicenter for the disease.
According to NCDC, on June 23, 452 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
The 452 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos – 209, Oyo – 67, Delta – 37, Ogun – 36, FCT – 22, Abia – 20, Enugu – 16, Bauchi – 15, Kaduna – 8, Ondo – 8, Osun – 7, Imo – 3, Benue – 3, and Borno 1.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/RfhOgg9lWr
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 23, 2020
NCDC said “till date, 21, 371 cases have been confirmed, 7, 338 cases have been discharged and 533 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
As at the time of reporting, there are 13, 500 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, 7, 338 have recovered and have been discharged.
A breakdown of the 21, 371 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 9, 073 cases, followed by FCT – 1,190, Kano – 1,190, Oyo – 1,055, Rivers – 930, Edo – 797, Ogun – 699, Kaduna – 608, Delta – 569, Bauchi – 482, Gombe – 479, Borno – 477, Katsina – 434, Jigawa – 317, Ebonyi – 264, Plateau – 253, Imo – 246, Abia – 252, Nasarawa – 193, Kwara – 200, Sokoto – 138, Ondo – 162, Bayelsa – 177, Enugu – 160, Zamfara – 76, Kebbi – 67, Osun – 67, Anambra – 66, Niger – 66, Yobe – 56, Osun – 67,Akwa Ibom – 65, Adamawa – 45, Benue – 47, Ekiti – 35, Taraba – 18, Taraba – 18, and Kogi – 3.
