Nigeria Records 296 New Cases Of COVID-19 On August 27

Brainnews
August 28, 2020
Health

NCDC has said that Nigeria on Thursday, August 27 recorded 296 new cases, with a total of 53,317 cases in the country.

Nigeria recorded 296 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday August 27.

According to statistics reeled out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Plateau state recorded 85 new cases, the highest for the day.

Other states with new cases include Enugu – 46, Oyo – 31, Lagos – 21, Rivers – 20, FCT – 15, Kaduna – 13, Bauchi – 12, Delta – 11, Ekiti – 11, Akwa Ibom – 7, Ebonyi –6, Kwara –5, Ogun –4, Osun –4, Gombe –3, and Niger –2.

Nigeria now has 53,317 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 40,726 patients have so far been discharged with 1,011 deaths recorded.

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Below is the breakdown of the number of cases: