COVID-19: NCDC Confirms 322 New Cases, 5 Deaths, As Total Hits 52k

COVID-19 Update In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that Nigeria recorded 322 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) on Sunday 23rd August 2020.

The 322 recorded cases were spread across 17 states and FCT.

The health management centre disclosed this in a tweet via it verified Twitter page @NCDCgov, where it stated that 178 infected patients were discharged and 5 deaths were recorded from various isolation centres with the space of 24 hours.

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According to NCDC, Lagos State recorded -130 new cases, Bauchi-36, FCT Abuja -25, Edo-17, Bayelsa-14, Ogun-14, Oyo-14, Anambra-13, Kaduna-12, Ondo-11, Abia-10, Osun-6, Plateau-5, Kwara-5, Kano-4, Ebonyi-3, Sokoto-2, and Borno-1.

This burgeoning online news platform understands that Nigeria has now recorded 52,227 (Fifty-two thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven) confirmed cases of the novel, a total of 38,945 (Thirty-eight thousand, nine hundred and forty-five) infected patients have been discharged from various isolation centres in the country, while 1002 (One thousand, and two) people have lost their lives.

See the tweet below...

322 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-130
Bauchi-36
FCT-25
Edo-17
Bayelsa-14
Ogun-14
Oyo-14
Anambra-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-11
Abia-10
Osun-6
Plateau-5
Kwara-5
Kano-4
Ebonyi-3
Sokoto-2
Borno-1

52,227 confirmed
38,945 discharged
1002 deaths pic.twitter.com/HvHcYSS3PS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 23, 2020