Nigeria’s COVID-19 deaths surpass the 1,000 mark on Sunday, According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control ,NCDC.
Data from the NCDC indicated that that additional five people died from the. Virus totalling 1,002 people that have lost the battle to COVID-19 in the country.
The agency also confirmed 322 new cases of coronavirus from 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), bringing Nigeria’s total infections to 52,227.
Lagos, reported highest number of infections with 130 new cases, followed by Bauchi and the FCT which have 36 and 25 more cases respectively.
Others are Edo – 17, Bayelsa – 14, Ogun – 14, Oyo – 14, Anambra – 13, Kaduna – 12, Ondo – 11, Abia – 10, Osun – six, Plateau – five, Kwara – five, Kano – four, Ebonyi –3 Sokoto – 2, and Borno – 1.
On the other hand, 279 more people were successfully treated and have been discharged from various isolation centres as the country now has 38,945 recovered cases.
322 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-130
Bauchi-36
FCT-25
Edo-17
Bayelsa-14
Ogun-14
Oyo-14
Anambra-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-11
Abia-10
Osun-6
Plateau-5
Kwara-5
Kano-4
Ebonyi-3
Sokoto-2
Borno-152,227 confirmed
38,945 discharged
1002 deaths pic.twitter.com/HvHcYSS3PS— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 23, 2020
