Coronavirus in Nigeria update: Total cases of coronavirus in Nigeria hit 43,151

Nigeria has recorded an additional 462 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 31st of July.

According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 43,151 confirmed The centre also stated that 19,565 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.

Meanwhile, 879 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 Friday 31st of July was 22,707

Taking to it’s Instagram page, NCDC tweets: “462 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-93, Lagos-78, Plateau-64, Kaduna-54, Oyo-47, Ondo-32,  Adamawa-23, Bauchi-19, Rivers-9, Ogun-9, Delta-9, Edo-7, Kano-6, Enugu-6, Nasarawa-5, Osun-1

“43,151 confirmed, 19,565 discharged, 879 deaths”

462 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-93
Lagos-78
Plateau-64
Kaduna-54
Oyo-47
Ondo-32
Adamawa-23
Bauchi-19
Rivers-9
Ogun-9
Delta-9
Edo-7
Kano-6
Enugu-6
Nasarawa-5
Osun-1

43,151 confirmed
19,565 discharged
879 deaths pic.twitter.com/m4LZc6V7eI

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 31, 2020

A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNf5Q61#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/tOpSIZZrs1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 31, 2020