Daily case load of the COVID-19 rose to 590 on Friday, from 558 recorded on Thursday.
Eight deaths were also recorded in four Nigerian states by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), taking the cumulative death toll for COVID-19 in Nigeria to 2149.
Niger State accounted for three of the fatalities, taking the total death cases from the State to 20.
Akwa Ibom and Ogun States reported two deaths each, taking the death tallies in the two States to 26 and 57 respectively.
Oyo also logged one death, taking its death toll arising from COVID-19 to 132, the NCDC stated.
According to the agency, daily cases almost reached the 600 mark on Friday, with Lagos State reporting 308 cases, an improvement over Thursday’s 376 cases
Akwa Ibom State turned in 54 cases, next to Lagos on the viral load.
Niger State’s 23 cases covered 28 July and 29 July.
Also Delta State’s nine cases were for cases reported for 10 July, 11 July 13 July and 29 July.
Here is a breakdwon of the new cases:
Lagos-308
Akwa Ibom-54
Katsina-40
Oyo-39
Rivers-26
Niger-23
Gombe-19
Ogun-16
Ekiti-15
FCT-10
Nasarawa-10
Delta-9
Bayelsa-5
Plateau-5
Imo-4
Ebonyi-3
Jigawa-3
Kano-1
173,411 confirmed
164,978 discharged
2,149 deaths.
