453 new cases of coronavirus has been recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, August 8, 2020, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has said.
A breakdown of the new cases across different states in the country is as follows; FCT-75, Lagos-71, Benue-53, Delta-39, Borno-30, Enugu-25, Plateau-24, Osun-20, Abia-19, Oyo-17, Kaduna-16, Kano-13, Ebonyi-13, Ogun-9, Kwara-7, Ondo-6, Gombe-3, Ekiti-2, Akwa Ibom-1, and Rivers-1.
The 453 new cases of coronavirus now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 46,140. 942 deaths has been recorded while 33,044 patients have recovered from the virus.






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