Nigeria records 600 new cases as death toll increases to 772.

Nigeria has recorded 600 new cases of coronavirus as the total number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 35,454
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the new cases on Friday, July 17, 2020.

The NCDC said the new cases were confirmed in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
Lagos, as usual, recorded the highest number of cases with 129 new cases, followed by FCT (118) and Oyo (87).

Some of the states where new cases were recorded are;

600 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-129
FCT-118
Oyo-87
Kano-55
Benue-42
Enugu-35, Kwara-28
Imo-16
Ogun-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-12
Delta-11
Edo-11.
Plateau-8
Nasarawa-6
Ekiti-6
Niger-6
Borno-4
Abia-4
Gombe-3.

As of Friday, July 17, 2020, a total of 35454 have so far been, while 14,633 patients have recovered from the virus.
Three more deaths were also recorded. This brings the total of coronavirus-deaths in Nigeria to to 772.