NCDC Records 340 New Cases of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded three hundred and forty (340) new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The agency made this known in a post on its official Twitter page on Friday night.

Kaduna-63 FCT-51 Plateau-38 Lagos-33 Delta-25 Gombe-21 Adamawa-21 Edo-20 Katsina-17 Akwa Ibom-11 Ekiti-10 Rivers-9 Ondo-5 Ebonyi-4 Cross River-3 Ogun-3 Sokoto-2 Imo-2 Nasarawa-2

The latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,304, while 37,885 have been discharged.

According to the NCDC  a total of 996 deaths have been recorded.

340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-63
FCT-51
Plateau-38
Lagos-33
Delta-25
Gombe-21
Adamawa-21
Edo-20
Katsina-17
Akwa Ibom-11
Ekiti-10
Rivers-9
Ondo-5
Ebonyi-4
Cross River-3
Ogun-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-2
Nasarawa-2

51,304 confirmed
37,885 discharged
996 deaths pic.twitter.com/coHVPh8vPS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 21, 2020