BREAKING: Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases now 50,964

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have now risen to as at this evening, says Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

According to the centre,  the  476 new cases were confirmed alone today, Thurwsday.

Lagos with the highest figures has 235 cases while the nation’s capital, FCT has 44 cases.

The remaining states are also listed below:

Kaduna-41

Borno-33

Plateau-28

Abia-13

Edo-13

Rivers-12

Imo-11

Oyo-10

Kano-9

Kwara-7

Enugu-5

Katsina-5

Gombe-4

Ogun-4

Nasarawa-1

Zamfara-1

476 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-235
FCT-44
Kaduna-41
Borno-33
Plateau-28
Abia-13
Edo-13
Rivers-12
Imo-11
Oyo-10
Kano-9
Kwara-7
Enugu-5
Katsina-5
Gombe-4
Ogun-4
Nasarawa-1
Zamfara-1

50,964 confirmed
37,569 discharged
992 deaths pic.twitter.com/2crpzyzHoO

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 20, 2020

Notably, 37,569 patients have been discharged while 992 patients have died of COVID-19