The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Wednesday 8th July 2020, reported 460 new cases of Coronavirus in the country.
NCDC in its daily updates on Wednesday, reported that 460 new cases were recorded on Wednesday across some states of the federation, bringing the total infections cases in Nigeria to 30,249
The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
According to the information published on its official social media on Wednesday, NCDC stated that, till date, 30,249 cases have been confirmed, 12,373 cases have been discharged and 684 deaths have been recorded in 35 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC said that the 460 new cases were reported from 21 states, which distribution shows the following:
Lagos-150
Rivers-49
Oyo-43
Delta-38
FCT-26
Anambra-20
Kano-20
Plateau-18
Edo-14
Bayelsa-13
Enugu-13
Osun-12
Kwara-10
Borno-8
Ogun-7
Kaduna-6
Imo-4
Bauchi-3
Gombe-3
Niger-2
Adamawa-1
Meanwhile, the health agency said that at least, one out of every 10 persons over 50 years old who had COVID-19 died from it in the country.
The NCDC urged Nigerians to take responsibility to protect themselves, their loved ones and the elderly around them and in the society “because COVID -19 is real”.