Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases exceed 50,000, death toll hits 985

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, announced 593 new COVID-19 cases in the country as total infections from the virus exceeded 50,000.

This brings the number of confirmed cases to 50,488

The NCDC made this known on via its official twitter handle.

“On the 19th of August 2020, 593 new confirmed cases and 4 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 50488 cases have been confirmed, 37304 cases have been discharged and 985 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 593 new cases are reported from 16 states- Plateau (186), Lagos (172), FCT (62), Oyo (27), Delta (25), Rivers (20), Ondo (19), Edo (18), Kaduna (17), Enugu (12), Akwa Ibom (10), Ogun (7), Abia (6), Gombe (6), Kano (3) and Osun (3),” 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	2,404	14,487	201
FCT	4,837	3,423	1,368	46
Oyo	3,007	1,319	1,654	34
Edo	2,475	206	2,169	100
Plateau	2,043	1,141	877	25
Rivers	2,027	150	1,820	57
Kaduna	1,882	261	1,609	12
Kano	1,683	263	1,366	54
Delta	1,671	185	1,440	46
Ogun	1,587	232	1,330	25
Ondo	1,482	678	774	30
Enugu	1,025	155	850	20
Ebonyi	943	58	858	27
Kwara	913	249	641	23
Osun	757	295	448	14
Katsina	746	265	457	24
Abia	713	128	579	6
Borno	706	93	577	36
Gombe	684	82	579	23
Bauchi	607	55	538	14
Imo	506	328	168	10
Benue	430	282	139	9
Nasarawa	386	102	272	12
Bayelsa	352	8	323	21
Jigawa	322	3	308	11
Akwa Ibom	260	44	208	8
Niger	232	52	168	12
Ekiti	206	104	98	4
Adamawa	185	54	119	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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