The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 74 new COVID-19 cases, as of July 1, with one death. xThe NCDC said on its website on Friday that the country’s active COVID-19 cases were still over 1,300. It added that Lagos reported the highest figure of 49 new cases, Ondo State reported 12, while Oyo and Rivers State recorded three cases each. Kaduna State reported two while Ekiti, the FCT, Gombe, Jigawa and Ogun reported one case each. It added that one COVID-19 related new death was recorded on Thursday, keeping the total fatality toll at 2,121.

Source: The Guardian July 02, 2021 06:11 UTC