601 New Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Nigeria

601 new cases of COVID-19 has been recorded in Nigeria on Saturday, August 22, 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; Lagos-404, FCT-37, Oyo-19, Ondo-14, Abia-13, Enugu-13, Kaduna-13, Edo-12, Kano-12, Kwara-11, Ebonyi-10, Nasarawa-7, Ogun-6, Osun-5, Delta-5, Niger-5, Plateau-4, Bayelsa-4, Katsina-3, Ekiti-2, and Imo-2.

The 601 new cases of COVID-19 now brings the total number of confirmed cases to 51,905. 997 deaths has been recorded while 38,767 patients have recovered from the virus.

601 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-404
FCT-37
Oyo-19
Ondo-14
Abia-13
Enugu-13
Kaduna-13
Edo-12
Kano-12
Kwara-11
Ebonyi-10
Nasarawa-7
Ogun-6
Osun-5
Delta-5
Niger-5
Plateau-4
Bayelsa-4
Katsina-3
Ekiti-2
Imo-2

51,905 confirmed
38,767 discharged
997 deaths pic.twitter.com/g7HhLNEbGV

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 22, 2020