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COVID-19: Nigeria tests over 150,000 samples, records 11 new deaths – NCDC

Admin July 6, 2020
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NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says 151,121 COVID-19 samples have been so far tested in the country.

This is contained in its COVID-19 Nigeria, Situation report published on Monday.

According to the report, on the 5th of July 2020, 544 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

The NCDC noted that though no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours, till date, 28,711 cases have been confirmed, 11,665 cases have been discharged and 645 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

NCDC
COVID-19

The 544 new cases are reported from 19 states:

Lagos-199
Ebonyi-65
Oyo-47
Ondo-46
Ogun-31
Edo-30
FCT-28
Katsina-25
Plateau-15
Bayelsa-11
Kaduna-10
Adamawa-10
Akwa Ibom-8
Gombe-7
Kano-4
Taraba-3
Rivers-2
Abia-2
Ekiti-1

COVID-19 State Situation Report as at 5th July, 2020

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 11,244 9,436 1,676 132
FCT 2,181 1,489 657 35
Oyo 1,513 685 809 19
Edo 1,383 531 805 47
Kano 1,268 187 1,029 52
Delta 1,227 795 407 25
Rivers 1,183 377 765 41
Ogun 1,005 347 637 21
Kaduna 865 283 570 12
Katsina 604 140 441 23
Borno 528 58 437 33
Gombe 520 124 376 20
Bauchi 516 32 472 12
Ebonyi 503 131 369 3
Ondo 456 319 117 20
Plateau 436 205 219 12
Abia 385 164 218 3
Enugu 372 148 215 9
Imo 352 296 50 6
Jigawa 318 1 308 9
Kwara 269 114 146 9
Bayelsa 245 102 127 16
Nasarawa 225 104 113 8
Osun 165 99 59 7
Sokoto 153 12 125 16
Niger 122 40 75 7
Akwa Ibom 112 38 71 3
Adamawa 99 40 52 7
Benue 97 59 33 5
Kebbi 84 19 58 7
Zamfara 76 0 71 5
Anambra 73 7 57 9
Yobe 61 5 48 8
Ekiti 44 2 40 2
Taraba 22 12 10 0
Kogi 5 0 3 2

Samples tested 1

51,121

Confirmed Cases
28,711

Active Cases
16,401

Discharged Cases
11,665

Death
645

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