The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Tuesday night announced 624 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the West African nation to 41,804.
NCDC made the announcement via its verified twitter page.
According to the health agency, eight fatalities were recorded from the virus in the past 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 868.
According to the NCDC, out of a total of 41,804 infected persons so far, 18,764 have recovered and have been discharged after treatment in the country’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
A total of 561 people were discharged on Tuesday, increasing the number of recoveries from 18,203 to 18,764.
NCDC explained that out of over 265,000 samples tested across the country, 41,804 have been confirmed positive, out of which 22,172 are active cases.
“On the 28th of July 2020, 624 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” NCDC said.
“Till date, 41804 cases have been confirmed, 18764 cases have been discharged and 868 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 624 new cases are reported from 18 states; Lagos-212, Oyo-69, Niger-49, Kano-37, Osun-37, FCT-35, Plateau-34, Gombe-33, Edo-28, Enugu-28, Ebonyi-17, Delta-10, Katsina-9, Ogun-8, Rivers-7, Ondo-5, Kaduna-4, Nasarawa-2,” the NCDC said.
The breakdown of the 41,804 confirmed cases by states is presented below:
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
| Lagos | 14,848 | 12,527 | 2,129 | 192 |
| FCT | 3,560 | 2,442 | 1,077 | 41 |
| Oyo | 2,668 | 1,454 | 1,187 | 27 |
| Edo | 2,212 | 549 | 1,584 | 79 |
| Rivers | 1,691 | 266 | 1,373 | 52 |
| Kano | 1,566 | 247 | 1,266 | 53 |
| Delta | 1,483 | 184 | 1,257 | 42 |
| Kaduna | 1,390 | 310 | 1,068 | 12 |
| Ogun | 1,326 | 235 | 1,068 | 23 |
| Ondo | 1,108 | 538 | 548 | 22 |
| Plateau | 1,016 | 528 | 469 | 19 |
| Ebonyi | 776 | 156 | 596 | 24 |
| Enugu | 769 | 326 | 425 | 18 |
| Kwara | 749 | 522 | 211 | 16 |
| Katsina | 742 | 262 | 457 | 23 |
| Borno | 612 | 16 | 561 | 35 |
| Gombe | 607 | 63 | 521 | 23 |
| Abia | 545 | 114 | 426 | 5 |
| Bauchi | 539 | 8 | 518 | 13 |
| Osun | 500 | 269 | 220 | 11 |
| Imo | 466 | 340 | 117 | 9 |
| Benue | 346 | 282 | 58 | 6 |
| Bayelsa | 327 | 42 | 264 | 21 |
| Jigawa | 322 | 3 | 308 | 11 |
| Nasarawa | 310 | 79 | 223 | 8 |
| Niger | 224 | 79 | 133 | 12 |
| Akwa Ibom | 221 | 93 | 121 | 7 |
| Sokoto | 153 | 0 | 137 | 16 |
| Adamawa | 140 | 46 | 85 | 9 |
| Anambra | 132 | 45 | 75 | 12 |
| Ekiti | 124 | 67 | 55 | 2 |
| Kebbi | 90 | 4 | 79 | 7 |
| Zamfara | 77 | 1 | 71 | 5 |
| Yobe | 66 | 4 | 54 | 8 |
| Taraba | 54 | 43 | 11 | 0 |
| Cross River | 40 | 28 | 9 | 3 |
| Kogi | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
