393 patients recover from coronavirus as Nigeria confirms 603 new cases

Bayo Wahab 00:44 - 05 July 2020

Testing time: A patient in Maiduguri, northern Nigeria, provides a sample for the coronavirus lab

Six more coronavirus-related deaths were also recorded on Saturday.

The total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 28167 following the announcement of 603 more cases in the country on Saturday, July 4, 2020.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the new cases in 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

With the new cases, Lagos remains the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria with 135 more cases followed by Edo state with 87.

603 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-135
Edo-87
FCT-73
Rivers-67
Delta-62
Ogun-47
Kaduna-20
Plateau-19
Osun-17
Ondo-16
Enugu-15
Oyo-15
Borno-13
Niger-6
Nasarawa-4
Kebbi-3
Kano-2
Sokoto-1
Abia-1

28,167 confirmed
11,462 discharged
634 deaths pic.twitter.com/z4KJ2V6SHE
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 4, 2020

73 more cases were detected in Abuja, 67 in Rivers, 62 in Delta, 47 in Ogun, 20 in Kaduna, 19 in Plateau, 17 in Osun, 16 in Ondo, 15 each Enugu and Oyo and 13 Borno state.