Nigeria’s tally of COVID-19 cases has risen to over 37,000 as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms 562 new infections.
NCDC made the announcement on Monday via its Twitter handle, bringing total confirmed infections to 37,225 cases.
The new toll comes two days after total infections figure in Nigeria spiked to over 36,000 cases.
Also, successfully managed cases have increased from 15,105 recorded on Sunday to 15,333.
However, death toll has risen from 789 confirmed yesterday to 801 casualties nationwide.
Also, according to NCDC’s situation report, total samples tested nationwide have increased from 212,201 to 214,228 as at July 19
Break down;
562 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-102
Lagos-100
Plateau-52
Kwara-50
Abia-47
Kaduna-35
Benue-34
Oyo-26
Ebonyi-24
Kano-16
Niger-15
Anambra-14
Gombe-12
Edo-11
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Delta-5
Borno-3
Enugu- 2
Bauchi-2
Kebbi- 1
37,225 confirmed
15,333 discharged
801 deaths
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