Coronavirus in Nigeria update: 481 new cases recorded on Friday, 30 July

481 Nigeria has recorded an additional 481 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on the 30th of July.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 42,689 confirmed The centre also stated that 19,270 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 878 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigerians as of the night of Thursday, 30th of July was 22,541

Taking to it’s Instagram page, NCDC tweets: “481 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria:

“FCT-96, Lagos-89, Plateau-68, Ogun-49, Edo-44, Rivers-43, Oyo-25, Osun-23, Delta-15, Enugu-11,,Kano-7.Kaduna-7, Bauchi-2, Bayelsa-1,Yobe-1

“42,689 confirmed,19,270 discharged, 878 deaths”

481 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-96
Lagos-89
Plateau-68
Ogun-49
Edo-44
Rivers-43
Oyo-25
Osun-23
Delta-15
Enugu-11
Kano-7
Kaduna-7
Bauchi-2
Bayelsa-1
Yobe-1

42,689 confirmed
19,270 discharged
878 deaths pic.twitter.com/M1PVjNbR1d

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 30, 2020

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/z9IkAkYnlm

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 30, 2020