COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Nigeria Records 561 New Cases As Total Infections Hit 25,694 - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Iliya Auta
July 1, 2020
Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC made this known through its official Twitter handle.
NCDC said that the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states, with 17 deaths as at Tuesday.
The health agency said that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 200 new cases and Edo was second with 119 new infections.
Meanwhile, the NCDC said that three out of every five Nigerians who died from COVID-19 were more than 50 years old.
It urged Nigerians to take precautions to protect their older relatives by wearing a face mask in public, practising hand and respiratory hygiene and maintaining a physical distance of two metres from others.