The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 17 new Covid-19 deaths in the country. This is one of the highest numbers of fatalities to be recorded in a day in recent times with the national death toll now 927.
Meanwhile, there are 457 new Covid-19 cases reported in 21 states. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 44,890.
The new Covid-19 infections have been recorded in Lagos-137; FCT-76; Plateau-40; Rivers-35; Enugu-34; Oyo-25; Abia-23; Delta-12; Edo and Ebonyi-11 each.
The other states are Cross River and Kwara-10 each; Kaduna-9; Anambra-7; Ogun-5; Imo and Bauchi-3 each; Osun and Nasarawa-2 each; Kano and Ekiti-1 each.
There are 314 Covid-19 patients discharged across Nigeria bringing the total number of successfully treated cases to 32,165.
457 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 5, 2020
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
Ekiti-1
44,890 confirmed
32,165 discharged
927 deaths pic.twitter.com/Nzupdh7X2i
