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COVID-19 Cases Hit 35,454 As NCDC Confirms 600 New Cases

210 New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In Nigeria
210 New COVID-19 Cases Recorded In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Friday 17th July 2020, reported 600 new cases of Coronavirus in the country, 

NCDC in its daily updates on Friday reported that 600 new cases were recorded on Friday across some states of the federation, bringing the total infections cases in Nigeria to 35,454

According to the information published on its official social media on Friday, NCDC stated that, till date, 35,454 cases have been confirmed, 14,633 cases have been discharged and 772 deaths have been recorded in 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

The NCDC said that the 600 new cases were reported from 20 states, which distribution shows the following:

Lagos-129 

FCT-118 

Oyo-87 

Kano-55 

Benue-42 

Enugu-35 

Kwara-28 

Imo-16 

Ogun-13 

Kaduna-12 

Ondo-12 

Delta-11 

Edo-11 

Plateau-8 

Nasarawa-6 

Ekiti-6 

Niger-6 

Borno-4 

Abia-4 

Gombe-3 

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”.

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