Nigeria’s COVID-19 confirmed cases now 43,537 – NCDC

Adeyinka Akintunde

Nigeria now has 43,537 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 386 new cases recorded on Saturday night

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 20,087 patients have now been discharged, with 883 patients losing their lives to the coronavirus.

The tweet revealed that the Federal Capital Territory had the highest number of infections on Saturday night with 130 cases, with Lagos State following with  65 cases.

Other states read as follows:

Ondo-37 Osun-29 Plateau-23 Rivers-15 Enugu-14 Nasarawa-12 Bayelsa-11 Ebonyi-11 Ekiti-9 Oyo-8 Edo-8 Abia-6 Ogun-3 Katsina-3 Imo-1 Adamawa-1

386 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-130

Lagos-65

Ondo-37

Osun-29

Plateau-23

Rivers-15

Enugu-14

Nasarawa-12

Bayelsa-11

Ebonyi-11

Ekiti-9

Oyo-8

Edo-8

Abia-6

Ogun-3

Katsina-3

Imo-1

Adamawa-1

43,537 confirmed

20,087 discharged

883 deaths pic.twitter.com/JfacBBoawd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 1, 2020