Nigeria on Friday recorded 329 new cases of the novel coronavirus bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 48,445.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on it official Twitter handle.
The agency also reported seven additional deaths to take the country’s toll from the virus to 973 while 35,998 have recovered.
Giving the breakdown of the cases,Lagos recorded the highest number with 113 new cases followed by Kaduna withawith 49 while the FCT recorded 33 new cases.
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Other states with new cases include: Plateau-24, Kano-16, Edo-15, Ogun-14, Delta-13, Osun-10, Oyo-8, Ekiti-6, Bayelsa-6, Akwa Ibom-5, Borno-4, Enugu-4, Ebonyi-3, Rivers-2, Bauchi-1, Nasarawa-1, Gombe-1, and Niger-1.
329 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-113
Kaduna-49
FCT-33
Plateau-24
Kano-16
Edo-15
Ogun-14
Delta-13
Osun-10
Oyo-8
Ekiti-6
Bayelsa-6
Akwa Ibom-5
Borno-4
Enugu-4
Ebonyi-3
Rivers-2
Bauchi-1
Nasarawa-1
Gombe-1
Niger-148,445 confirmed
35,998 discharged
973 deaths pic.twitter.com/LRMcOUlgZA— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 14, 2020
