Nigeria’s count of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased to 20, 919 on Monday, as the Nigeria Center for Disease Control reported 675 new infections.
Seven deaths from the virus were reported Monday, taking the total number of confirmed virus deaths to 525.
The number of confirmed cases identified Monday evening increased compared to what was registered on Sunday, 436.
In a tweet Monday night, the health agency said the new cases had been reported in 21 states.
These are: Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Delta, Ebonyi, Gombe, Ondo, Kaduna, Kwara, Ogun, Edo, Abia, Nasarawa, Imo, Bayelsa, Borno, Katsina, Sokoto, Bauchi and Plateau.
Currently all reporting states had at least one outbreak of the virus.
As of Monday, at least one case of the disease 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, 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 wasn’t free of it as the state government claimed.
On Monday, Lagos reported the highest daily infection rate, and remains the country’s epicenter for the disease.
On 22 June, NCDC reported 675 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths in Nigeria
The 675 new cases are reported from 21 states- Lagos – 288, Oyo – 76, Rivers – 56, Delta – 31, Ebonyi – 30, Gombe – 28, Ondo – 20, Kwara – 20, Ogun – 17, FCT – 16, Edo – 13, Abia – 10,/Nasarawa – 9, Imo – 9, Bayelsa – 8, Borno – 8, Katsina – 8, Sokoto – 3, Bauchi – 3 and Plateau – 2.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/dizb7qmeT5
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 22, 2020
NCDC said “till date, 20919 cases have been confirmed, 7109 cases have been discharged and 525 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”
Since the onset of the outbreak in Nigeria in February, NCDC said 115, 760, samples have so far been tested.
As at the time of reporting, there are 13, 285 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, 7, 109 have recovered and have been discharged.
A breakdown of the 20, 919 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 8, 864 cases, followed by FCT – 1,583, Kano – 1,190, Oyo – 988, Rivers – 930, Edo – 797, Ogun – 663, Kaduna – 600, Delta – 532, Gombe – 479, Borno – 476, Bauchi – 467, Katsina – 434, Jigawa – 317, Ebonyi – 264, Plateau – 253, Imo – 243, Abia – 232, Nasarawa – 193, Kwara – 200, Sokoto – 138, Ondo – 154, Bayelsa – 177, Enugu – 144, Zamfara – 76, Kebbi – 67, Anambra – 66, Niger – 66, Yobe – 56, Osun – 60, Akwa Ibom – 65, Adamawa – 45, Benue – 44, Ekiti – 35, Taraba – 18, Taraba – 18, and Kogi – 3.
NCDC has attributed the increasing numbers of confirmed cases in the country to the increase in the number of testing centres.
