Nigeria records 250 new COVID-19 cases, total now 53,727

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 250 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the nation’s confirmed cases to 53,727.

The NCDC made this known via its verified Twitter handle @NCDCgov on Saturday.

“On the 29th of August 2020, 250 new confirmed cases and 0 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 53727 cases have been confirmed, 41314 cases have been discharged and 1011 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 250 new cases are reported from 20 states- Plateau (69), FCT (41), Lagos (21), Delta (14), Kaduna (14), Bayelsa (13), Enugu (13), Ekiti (11), Bauchi (9), Ogun (8), Edo (7), Oyo (7), Rivers (6), Adamawa (4), Osun (4), Nasarawa (3), Ebonyi (2), Kwara (2), Gombe (1), Imo (1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	18,173	2,743	15,228	202
FCT	5,149	3,575	1,524	50
Oyo	3,107	1,118	1,952	37
Edo	2,577	177	2,300	100
Plateau	2,374	1,017	1,328	29
Rivers	2,134	117	1,960	57
Kaduna	2,114	152	1,950	12
Delta	1,744	157	1,540	47
Kano	1,725	134	1,537	54
Ogun	1,646	132	1,488	26
Ondo	1,534	143	1,360	31
Enugu	1,155	227	907	21
Ebonyi	973	15	931	27
Kwara	958	160	773	25
Katsina	789	308	457	24
Osun	779	34	729	16
Abia	763	87	669	7
Borno	740	37	667	36
Gombe	723	64	636	23
Bauchi	666	102	550	14
Imo	527	323	193	11
Benue	451	226	216	9
Nasarawa	434	124	298	12
Bayelsa	391	25	345	21
Jigawa	322	3	308	11
Akwa Ibom	278	41	229	8
Ekiti	262	73	185	4
Niger	241	15	214	12
Adamawa	221	26	180	15
Anambra	207	30	159	18
Sokoto	158	4	138	16
Kebbi	93	3	82	8
Taraba	87	9	73	5
Cross River	82	1	73	8
Zamfara	78	0	73	5
Yobe	67	0	59	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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