Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases has crossed the 27, 000 marks as the country announced 626 new infections. 

The NCDC in a tweet last night said the new infections were recorded in 19 states and the FCT increasing the country’s figure to 27, 110.

Lagos State had the highest number of fresh infections for the day – 193 – and is followed by the FCT with 85 cases of the virus with Oyo State having 41 persons infected.

Other states with new infections are: Edo –  38,  Kwara – 34,  Abia – 31,  Ogun – 29, Ondo – 28, Rivers –  26, Osun – 21, AkwaIbom – 18,  Delta – 18, Enugu – 15, Kaduna – 13, Plateau – 11, Borno – 8, Bauchi – 7, Adamawa – 5, Gombe – 4 and Sokoto – 1

According to the NCDC, Nigeria has also discharged 10,801 people with 616 deaths reported from the virus as of July 2nd, 2020.