JUST IN:Nigeria records 601 fresh COVID-19 cases

Nigeria has confirmed 601 new cases of COVID-19 and 1 death in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on Saturday in a tweet.

The tweet said so far, 51905 cases have been confirmed, out of the 374,077 samples conducted.

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Solacebase reports that , the 601 new cases reported from 21 states including FCT- Lagos(404), FCT(37), Oyo(19), Ondo(14), Abia(13), Enugu(13), Kaduna(13), Edo(12), Kano(12), Kwara(11), Ebonyi(10), Nasarawa(7), Ogun(6), Osun(5), Delta(5), Niger(5), Plateau(4), Bayelsa(4), Katsina(3), Ekiti(2), Imo(2).

601 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-404
FCT-37
Oyo-19
Ondo-14
Abia-13
Enugu-13
Kaduna-13
Edo-12
Kano-12
Kwara-11
Ebonyi-10
Nasarawa-7
Ogun-6
Osun-5
Delta-5
Niger-5
Plateau-4
Bayelsa-4
Katsina-3
Ekiti-2
Imo-2

51,905 confirmed
38,767 discharged
997 deaths pic.twitter.com/g7HhLNEbGV

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 22, 2020

Also, 38767 cases have been discharged and 997 deaths recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.