With a new 420 cases of corona-virus reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria’s total cases is now 49,895, just few count away from crossing 50,000 reported infections.
Lagos again had the highest detection with 210 reported while FCT recorded 45 cases.
A total of 981 lives has been lost to the pandemic since its first discovery.
410 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 18, 2020
Lagos-210
FCT-45
Ondo-30
Plateau-21
Edo-19
Ogun-16
Oyo-13
Nasarawa-12
Bauchi-11
Enugu-10
Kwara-7
Kaduna-6
Anambra-4
Ebonyi-3
Abia-2
Rivers-1
49,895 confirmed
37,051 discharged
981 deaths pic.twitter.com/3wG5WQmEcz