The total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Ebonyi has exceeded the 600 mark.
This follows the confirmation of 9 new infections by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) – the health agency saddled with such responsibility in the country.
Giving an update on the outbreak of the disease in a late-night tweet on Saturday, the agency revealed this in there certified account.
653new cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Lagos-115
Kwara-85
Enugu-80
FCT-78
Rivers-36
Ondo-35
Oyo-30
Katsina-28
Kaduna-19
Abia-19
Nasarawa-18
Plateau-17
Imo-16
Ogun-9
Ebonyi-9
Benue-9
Kano-9
Delta-8
Bauchi-7
Ekiti-6
Gombe-4
Bayelsa-4
Adamawa-4
Osun-4
Cross River-1
Yobe-1
Borno-1
Zamfara-1 pic.twitter.com/HD7XgD1s3I— NCDC (@NCDCgov) July 18, 2020
This brings the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ebonyi state to 655.
On the positive note more recovered patients were discharged from various isolation centres after they were successfully treated but while few new death were recorded.
Ebonyi now has 557 recovered cases of COVID-19 with the death toll still at 12.
In other news about COVID-19 we reported that a suspected Swine fever has Been discovered in Northern Zambia here
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