Breaking: Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Exceed 50,000
Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 593 new cases of COVID-19, bringing its total infection in the country to 50,488.
This was revealed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet.
So far, 37,304 patients have recovered from the virus while 985 deaths have been recorded in the country.
See the breakdown according to states below:
593 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Plateau-186
Lagos-172
FCT-62
Oyo-27
Delta-25
Rivers-20
Ondo-19
Edo-18
Kaduna-17
Enugu-12
Akwa Ibom-10
Ogun-7
Abia-6
Gombe-6
Kano-3
Osun-350,488 confirmed
37,304 discharged
985 deaths pic.twitter.com/GNVBb96U0E— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 19, 2020