NCDC Records 143 New Cases of Coronavirus

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed one hundred and forty-three new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The agency made this known in a post on its verified Twitter handle on Monday night.

The newly reported case brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria to 54,008.

With 41,638 discharged, Nigeria has recorded 1,013 deaths from the deadly virus.

Plateau-35 Kaduna-21 Lagos-19 FCT-13 Ebonyi-9 Adamawa-7 Enugu-7 Katsina-7 Edo-6 Kwara-5 Osun-3 Anambra-2 Kano-2 Niger-2 Ogun-2 Benue-1 Borno-1 Sokoto-1.

143 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Plateau-35
Kaduna-21
Lagos-19
FCT-13
Ebonyi-9
Adamawa-7
Enugu-7
Katsina-7
Edo-6
Kwara-5
Osun-3
Anambra-2
Kano-2
Niger-2
Ogun-2
Benue-1
Borno-1
Sokoto-1

54,008 confirmed
41,638 discharged
1,013 deaths pic.twitter.com/jCuJMtRoB0

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 31, 2020

See the breakdown of cases state by state: