COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 648 new cases, 2 deaths

 

BY IGWE OKOSO

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, July 27 confirmed 648 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.

Also, two COVID-19 related deaths were recorded across the federation.

The 648 new cases were reported as follows: Lagos (180), Plateau (148), FCT (44), Ondo (42), Kwara (38), Rivers (32), Oyo (29), Kaduna (21), Osun (20), Edo (17), Ogun (17), Ekiti (11), Kano (9), Benue (9), Delta (9), Abia (9), Niger (7), Gombe (3), Borno (1), Bauchi (1) and  Imo (1).

“Till date, 41,180 cases have been confirmed; 18,203 cases have been discharged and 860 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC published on its COVID-19 website.

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities, the NCDC announced.

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