With the discharge of additional 240 Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours, Nigeria has now successfully treated 19,004 cases since it recorded the index case on February 27.
Meanwhile, 20 states have reported 404 new Covid-19 infections across the country bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 42,208.
The new Covid-19 cases are reported in Lagos-106; FCT-54; Rivers-48; Plateau-40; Edo-29; Enugu-21; Oyo-20; Kano-18; Ondo-15 and Ogun-10.
Ebonyi State has nine new infections; Ekiti-8; Kaduna-6; Cross River-5; Kwara-4; Anambra and Delta-3 each; Imo and Nasarawa-2 each; Borno-1.
Nigeria also recorded five new Covid-19 fatalities across the country on Wednesday with the national death toll now 873.
404 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 29, 2020
Lagos-106
FCT-54
Rivers-48
Plateau-40
Edo-29
Enugu-21
Oyo-20
Kano-18
Ondo-15
Ogun-10
Ebonyi-9
Ekiti-8
Kaduna-6
Cross River-5
Kwara-4
Anambra-3
Delta-3
Imo-2
Nasarawa-2
Borno-1
42,208 confirmed
19,004 discharged
873 deaths pic.twitter.com/oLz97Rc5zO