Nigeria records 476 new cases of COVID-19, total now 50,964

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 476 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 50,964.

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

“On the 20th of August 2020, 476 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 50964 cases have been confirmed, 37569 cases have been discharged and 992 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 476 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos (235), FCT (44), Kaduna (41), Borno (33), Plateau (28), Abia (13), Edo (13), Rivers (12), Imo (11), Oyo (10), Kano (9), Kwara (7), Enugu (5), Katsina (5), Gombe (4), Ogun (4), Nasarawa (1), Zamfara (1),” the NCDC said.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	17,092	2,395	14,496	201
FCT	4,837	3,402	1,389	46
Oyo	3,007	1,319	1,654	34
Edo	2,475	181	2,194	100
Plateau	2,043	1,035	983	25
Rivers	2,027	102	1,868	57
Kaduna	1,882	233	1,637	12
Kano	1,683	263	1,366	54
Delta	1,671	128	1,497	46
Ogun	1,587	199	1,363	25
Ondo	1,482	677	775	30
Enugu	1,025	155	850	20
Ebonyi	943	15	901	27
Kwara	913	238	652	23
Osun	757	234	509	14
Katsina	746	265	457	24
Abia	713	128	579	6
Borno	706	93	577	36
Gombe	684	67	594	23
Bauchi	607	54	539	14
Imo	506	328	168	10
Benue	430	282	139	9
Nasarawa	386	102	272	12
Bayelsa	352	7	324	21
Jigawa	322	3	308	11
Akwa Ibom	260	44	208	8
Niger	232	52	168	12
Ekiti	206	98	104	4
Adamawa	185	50	123	12
Anambra	181	4	159	18
Sokoto	154	0	138	16
Kebbi	90	0	82	8
Taraba	78	19	55	4
Zamfara	77	1	71	5
Cross River	77	24	45	8
Yobe	67	2	57	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2

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