COVID-19: Nigeria death tolls hit 942 with 453 new infections

Nigeria has recorded 453 new cases of COVID19 in the country, this according to Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The health centre announced this on Saturday night in a tweet.

It said 6 deaths have  also recorded in Nigeria

The tweet said  46,140 cases have been confirmed, out of the sample test of 314,632 conducted.

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It said so far 453 new cases have been reported from 20 states including FCT,- FCT (75), Lagos (71), Benue (53), Delta (39), Borno (30), Enugu (25), Plateau (24), Osun (20), Abia (19), Oyo (17), Kaduna (16), Kano (13), Ebonyi (13), Ogun (9), Kwara (7), Ondo (6), Gombe (3), Ekiti (2), Akwa Ibom (1) and Rivers (1).

453 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-75
Lagos-71
Benue-53
Delta-39
Borno-30
Enugu-25
Plateau-24
Osun-20
Abia-19
Oyo-17
Kaduna-16
Kano-13
Ebonyi-13
Ogun-9
Kwara-7
Ondo-6
Gombe-3
Ekiti-2
Akwa Ibom-1
Rivers-1

46,140 confirmed
33,044 discharged
942 deaths pic.twitter.com/2DrEcdQTN5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 8, 2020

Solacebase reports that 33044 cases have been discharged and 942 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.