The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says 19 states have recorded 340 new Covid-19 infections in the country. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,304.
Kaduna leads 19 states with 63 new Covid-19 cases; FCT-51; Plateau-38; Lagos-33; Delta-25; Gombe and Adamawa-21 each; Edo-20 and Katsina-17.
Akwa Ibom has 11 new Covid-19 cases; Ekiti-10; Rivers-9; Ondo-5; Ebonyi-4; Cross River and Ogun-3 each; Sokoto, Imo and Nasarawa-2 each.
There are 316 Covid-19 patients discharged across Nigeria in the last 24 hours with the total number of successfully treated cases now 37,885.
340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 21, 2020
Kaduna-63
FCT-51
Plateau-38
Lagos-33
Delta-25
Gombe-21
Adamawa-21
Edo-20
Katsina-17
Akwa Ibom-11
Ekiti-10
Rivers-9
Ondo-5
Ebonyi-4
Cross River-3
Ogun-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-2
Nasarawa-2
51,304 confirmed
37,885 discharged
996 deaths pic.twitter.com/coHVPh8vPS
Meanwhile, four more Covid-19 fatalities have been reported in Nigeria with the national death toll put at 996.
