NCDC announces 649 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria now totals 22,020

Nigeria’s Covid-19 cases has exceeded 22,000 with the announcement of 649 new case by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night, June 24.

The NCDC made the announcement of the newly recorded cases of the infectious disease via its official Twitter handle.

The breakdown still shows Lagos topping the chart with 250 cases while Oyo and plateau followed with 100 and 40 cases respectively.

The latest NCDC report shows that Nigeria now has 22,020 cases of Covid-19, with 7,613 recoveries and 542 deaths as nine people have died from the coronavirus complications in the last 24 hours while 275 people have recovered during the same period.

Below is the state by state breakdown of the new cases: Lagos-250 Oyo-100 Plateau-40 Delta-40 Abia-28 Kaduna-27 Ogun-22 Edo-20 Akwa Ibom-18 Kwara-17 FCT-17 Enugu-14 Niger-13 Adamawa-13 Bayelsa-7 Osun-6 Bauchi-6 Anambra-4 Gombe-3 Sokoto-2 Imo-1 Kano-1