Nigeria reported 653 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) said.
According to the health agency, six deaths were also reported on Saturday, taking the virus fatality to 778.
The total number of people who contracted the virus in Nigeria has now risen to 36,107 of whom 14,938 have recovered and have been discharged.
The NCDC also provided details of the new cases in its verified twitter handle, which show that Lagos recorded 115 new cases, followed by Kwara with 85, Enugu-80, FCT-78, Rivers-36, Ondo-35, Oyo-30, Katsina-28, Kaduna-19, Abia-19, Nasarawa-18, Plateau-17, Imo-16, Ogun-9, Ebonyi-9, Benue-9, Kano-9, Delta-8, Bauchi-7, Ekiti-6, Gombe-4, Bayelsa-4, Adamawa-4, Osun-4, Cross River-1, Yobe-1, Borno-1 and
Zamfara-1.
653new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/HD7XgD1s3I— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 18, 2020
Lagos remains the epicenter of the disease in Nigeria, accounting for more than a third (13,341) of the confirmed cases.
Although Nigeria continues to report new cases in hundreds, the country is opening up its economy more, though people continue to disobey government directives on social distance and the use of face masks in public.