The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed six hundred and forty three (643) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the newly-confirmed 643 coronavirus cases in the country, 230 in Lagos, 69 in Oyo, 51 in FCT, 43 in Edo, 35 in Osun, 30 in Rivers, 30 in Ebonyi, 28 in Kaduna, 27 in Ogun, 23 in Ondo, 20 in Plateau, 17 in Benue, 16 in Enugu, 10 in Imo, 6 in Delta, 4 in Kano, 2 in Nasarawa, 1 in Kebbi and 1 in Ekiti.

As of Wednesday, July 15th, there are 34,259 confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria. 13,999 patients have been discharged, with 760 deaths.

The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture disclosed this on Wednesday, July 15th, 2020 via its official Twitter handle, @FMICNigeria. And this was confirmed via a retweet by the NCDC, @NCDCgov and on its website (https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/).

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