The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 779 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, June 27, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 24,077.
The centre disclosed this in an announcement on Twitter late Saturday night.
NCDC said that the new cases were recorded in 22 states: Lagos-285, Rivers-68, FCT-60, Edo-60, Enugu-56, Delta-47, Ebonyi-42, Oyo-41, Kaduna-19, Ogun-18, Ondo-16, Imo-12, and Sokoto-11.
Others are Borno-9, Nasarawa-8, Abia-5, Gombe-5, Kebbi-5, Kano-4, Yobe-3, Ekiti-3, and Osun-2.
Additional information provided on the centre’s website showed that four new deaths were also recorded.
According to the NCDC, 8,625 cases have been discharged and 558 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory so far.
The current number of active cases in the country currently stands at 14,894.
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