Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases escalated to 22,614 on Thursday with 594 new cases announced.
The big surprise was Delta, where new infections surged to 106, in the last 24 hours.
Delta was 9th on the cumulative leaderboard with 609 cases, before Thursday’s tally.
With 709 cases, it will now leapfrog Kaduna to claim the 8th position behind Ogun.
Ogun recorded just 12 cases on Thursday, taking its tally to 733 cases.
Lagos, as usual recorded the highest cases of 159.
Ondo came next to Delta with 44 cases.
See breakdown of the 594 new cases below:
Lagos-159
Delta-106
Ondo-44
FCT-34
Edo-34
Oyo-33
Kaduna-33
Enugu-28
Katsina-25
Imo-22
Adamawa-15
Ogun-12
Osun-11
Abia-8
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Bauchi-5
Niger-5
Kebbi-4
Ekiti-3
Plateau-1
Taraba-1
22,614 confirmed
7,822 discharged
549 deaths
594 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-159
Delta-106
Ondo-44
FCT-34
Edo-34
Oyo-33
Kaduna-33
Enugu-28
Katsina-25
Imo-22
Adamawa-15
Ogun-12
Osun-11
Abia-8
Rivers-6
Nasarawa-5
Bauchi-5
Niger-5
Kebbi-4
Ekiti-3
Plateau-1
Taraba-122,614 confirmed
7,822 discharged
549 deaths pic.twitter.com/JaiUIdu56J— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 25, 2020