Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 304 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday evening, confirmed 304 new cases of coronavirus disease infection in Nigeria.

The new cases of COVID-19 infection were confirmed via a statement on the official Twitter handle of the health agency.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 43,841 which includes 20,308 discharged cases and 888 deaths.

Below is the breakdown of the latest cases according to states with Lagos recording the highest number of new confirmed cases.

Lagos-81
FCT-39
Abia-31
Kaduna-24
Rivers-23
Plateau-16
Cross River-13
Ebonyi-12
Ondo-12
Ekiti-11
Edo-11
Benue-10
Nasarawa-10
Ogun-6
Gombe-5

304 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-81
FCT-39
Abia-31
Kaduna-24
Rivers-23
Plateau-16
Cross River-13
Ebonyi-12
Ondo-12
Ekiti-11
Edo-11
Benue-10
Nasarawa-10
Ogun-6
Gombe-5

43,841 confirmed
20,308 discharged
888 deaths pic.twitter.com/MnLCKkA3N7

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 2, 2020