Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday rose to 39,977 as 438 new infections were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The NCDC disclosed this on its verified Twitter handle on Saturday night.
According to NCDC, the cases were recorded from 24 states. 11 fatalities were recorded while one-third of the 39,977 cases have fully recovered.
The 438 new cases are reported from 24 states – Lagos(123), Kaduna (50), Rivers(40), Edo-37, Adamawa-25, Oyo-20, Nasarawa-16, Osun-15, and Enugu-15.
Others are FCT-14, Ekiti-13, Ondo-13, Ebonyi-11, Katsina-10, Abia-9, Delta-8, Kwara-4, Ogun-3, Cross River-3, Kano-3, Bauchi-3, Yobe-2, Sokoto-1, and Niger-1
According to the health agency, “On the 25th of July 2020, 438 new confirmed cases and 11 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 39977 cases have been confirmed, 16948 cases have been discharged and 856 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory”.
See the breakdown of cases by state below:
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 14,300 | 12,021 | 2,087 | 192 |
| FCT | 3,451 | 2,388 | 1,022 | 41 |
| Oyo | 2,517 | 1,345 | 1,148 | 24 |
| Edo | 2,165 | 694 | 1,399 | 72 |
| Rivers | 1,640 | 446 | 1,144 | 50 |
| Delta | 1,464 | 790 | 634 | 40 |
| Kano | 1,455 | 212 | 1,190 | 53 |
| Kaduna | 1,349 | 305 | 1,032 | 12 |
| Ogun | 1,244 | 214 | 1,007 | 23 |
| Ondo | 1,043 | 673 | 348 | 22 |
| Plateau | 780 | 331 | 430 | 19 |
| Ebonyi | 759 | 155 | 581 | 23 |
| Enugu | 741 | 299 | 425 | 17 |
| Katsina | 733 | 261 | 449 | 23 |
| Kwara | 711 | 493 | 202 | 16 |
| Borno | 609 | 52 | 522 | 35 |
| Gombe | 558 | 14 | 521 | 23 |
| Bauchi | 538 | 9 | 516 | 13 |
| Abia | 536 | 106 | 426 | 4 |
| Imo | 465 | 348 | 108 | 9 |
| Osun | 435 | 211 | 214 | 10 |
| Bayelsa | 326 | 54 | 251 | 21 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Nasarawa | 308 | 187 | 113 | 8 |
| Benue | 294 | 235 | 53 | 6 |
| Akwa Ibom | 208 | 80 | 121 | 7 |
| Niger | 168 | 23 | 136 | 9 |
| Sokoto | 153 | 0 | 137 | 16 |
| Adamawa | 140 | 46 | 85 | 9 |
| Anambra | 132 | 45 | 75 | 12 |
| Ekiti | 104 | 47 | 55 | 2 |
| Kebbi | 90 | 4 | 79 | 7 |
| Zamfara | 77 | 1 | 71 | 5 |
| Yobe | 66 | 5 | 53 | 8 |
| Taraba | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 |
| Cross River | 37 | 33 | 3 | 1 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
