Figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, show that 10 people died of Covid-19 related complications in the last 24 hours. This takes the national death toll to 1,023 after several weeks of low fatalities.
Meanwhile, 372 Covid-19 patients have been discharged across Nigeria taking the total number of successfully treated cases to 42,010.
There are 15 states that have reported 239 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 54,247
The states with new Covid-19 cases include Plateau-116; FCT-33; Lagos-19; Ekiti-12; Kaduna and Ogun-11 each. Others are Ebonyi-8; Benue-7; Abia and Delta-5 each; Ondo-4; Edo-3; Imo and Osun-2 each; Bauchi-1.
239 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 1, 2020
Plateau-116
FCT-33
Lagos-19
Ekiti-12
Kaduna-11
Ogun-11
Ebonyi-8
Benue-7
Abia-5
Delta-5
Ondo-4
Edo-3
Imo-2
Osun-2
Bauchi-1
54,247 confirmed
42,010 discharged
1,023 deaths pic.twitter.com/TjHaSMIzn8
