BREAKING: COVID-19 cases now 47,290 in Nigeria

By Gabriel Ogunjobi

Nigeria now has 47,290 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 423 new cases recorded on Tuesday night

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 33,609 patients have now been discharged, with 956 patients losing their lives to the coronavirus.

The tweet revealed that Lagos State had the highest number of infections on Friday night with 117 cases, with FCT State following with 40 cases.

Other states read as follows:

Ondo -35, Rivers – 28, Osun-24, Benue – 21, Abia – 19, Ogun -19, Ebonyi-18, Delta-17, Kwara-17, Kaduna-15 , Anambra-14,  Ekiti-11,  Kano-9,  Imo-6, Gombe-4 Oyo-3 Taraba-3 Bauchi-1 Edo-1 Nasarawa-1

423 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-117

FCT-40

Ondo-35

Rivers-28

Osun-24

Benue-21

Abia-19

Ogun-19

Ebonyi-18

Delta-17

Kwara-17

Kaduna-15

Anambra-14

Ekiti-11

Kano-9

Imo-6

Gombe-4

Oyo-3

Taraba-3

Bauchi-1

Edo-1

Nasarawa-1

47,290 confirmed

33,609 discharged

956 deaths pic.twitter.com/Egb3RB9pbk

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 11, 2020