Coronavirus: NCDC Confirms 457 New COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday evening, confirmed 457 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 44,890 which includes 32,165 discharged cases and 927 deaths.

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

457 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-137
FCT-76
Plateau-40
Rivers-35
Enugu-34
Oyo-25
Abia-23
Delta-12
Edo-11
Ebonyi-11
Cross River-10
Kwara-10
Kaduna-9
Anambra-7
Ogun-5
Imo-3
Bauchi-3
Osun-2
Nasarawa-2
Kano-1
Ekiti-1

44,890 confirmed
32,165 discharged
927 deaths pic.twitter.com/Nzupdh7X2i

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 5, 2020