BREAKING: Nigeria confirms 648 fresh COVID-19 cases as death toll hit 860

Nigeria recorded 648 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday bringing total confirmed infections to 41,180.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via Twitter, noting that 860 associated fatalities have been reported so far.

It, however, stated that 18,203 patients have recovered from the virus upon treatment from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja and 35 states across the Federation.

The NCDC gave the state-by-state distribution of cases recorded in the country on Monday as, “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.”

648 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

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
Imo-1

41,180 confirmed
18,203 discharged
860 deaths pic.twitter.com/YTd0E4dhEF

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 27, 2020