Nigeria on Thursday recorded 476 new COVID-19 cases with seven more deaths, taking the fatality figure to 992.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the latest COVID-19 figures in a tweet on its official handle.
Although Nigeria had reported fewer confirmed cases in recent weeks, Thursday’s new infections – in 17 states and the Federal Capital Territory – take the total cases in the West African nation to 50,964.
Lagos recorded the highest number of fresh cases for the day with 235 cases,followed by the FCT with 44 more infections.
NCDC’s new data for the pandemic showed that Kaduna State had 41 new cases, Borno – 33, Plateau – 28, Abia – 13, Edo – 13; Rivers -12, Imo – 11, Oyo – 10 and Kano – 9.
Seven more persons were infected with the virus in Kwara, Enugu – 5, Katsina – 5, Gombe – 4, Ogun – 4, Nasarawa -1 and Zamfara – 1.
Even though the casualty number is close to a thousand, 37,569 persons who contracted the disease have been successfully treated and discharged.
Below is the breakdown by state’s according to the NCDC.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/9IH72fV8vo
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 20, 2020
