Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 664 new cases confirmed, total number of infections hits 31,987

Nigeria has recorded an additional 664 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on the 11th of July.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 31,987 confirmed The centre also stated that 13,103 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 724 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigerians as of the night of Saturday 11th July was 18,160

Taking to it’s Instagram page, NCDC tweets: “664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria:

“Lagos-224, FCT-105, Edo-85, Ondo-64, Kaduna-32, Imo-27,  Osun-19, Plateau-17, Oyo-17, Ogun-17, Rivers-14, Delta-11, Adamawa-10, Enugu-7, Nassarawa-6, Gombe-3, Abia-3, Ekiti-3

“31,987 confirmed, 13,103 discharged, 724 deaths”

664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-224
FCT-105
Edo-85
Ondo-64
Kaduna-32
Imo-27
Osun-19
Plateau-17
Oyo-17
Ogun-17
Rivers-14
Delta-11
Adamawa-10
Enugu-7
Nassarawa-6
Gombe-3
Abia-3
Ekiti-3

31,987 confirmed
13,103 discharged
724 deaths pic.twitter.com/0270SaEJGU

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 11, 2020

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/glJafTfIvM

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 11, 2020