Oyo Tops List As Nigeria Reports 591 New Coronavirus Cases

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Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 591 new cases of COVID-19, bringing total infections to 39,539 as of July 24. 

NCDC through its official twitter handle explained on Friday that the country also recorded 12 deaths. 

According to NCDC Oyo State overtook Lagos with a record 191 new cases, thus exceeding that of the FCT. 

“While Lagos came second on the list with 168 cases, the FCT recorded 61 cases,” it added. 

According to the agency, states with new infections are Ondo. 29, Osun, 26, Ebonyi, 24, Edo, 23, Ogun, 14, Rivers, 13, Akwa Ibom, 12, and Kaduna, 10. 

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Others are Katsina, 6, Borno, 4, Ekiti, Delta and Imo each having 3 cases, and Niger, 1. 

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