457 new cases of coronavirus has been recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, August 5, 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-90, 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, and Ekiti-1.
The 457 new cases of coronavirus now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 44,890. 927 deaths has been recorded while 32,165 patients have recovered from the virus.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/J4hMperURi
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 5, 2020





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