Nigeria Records 340 New Cases Of COVID-19 As Total Confirmed Cases Exceed 51,000

Nigeria has recorded 340 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51,304.

The latest figures were released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) via its official twitter handle.

340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-63
FCT-51
Plateau-38
Lagos-33
Delta-25
Gombe-21
Adamawa-21
Edo-20
Katsina-17
Akwa Ibom-11
Ekiti-10
Rivers-9
Ondo-5
Ebonyi-4
Cross River-3
Ogun-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-2
Nasarawa-2

51,304 confirmed
37,885 discharged
996 deaths pic.twitter.com/coHVPh8vPS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 21, 2020

At least 22,734,900 cases have been registered globally with 14,298,000 recoveries and  793,847 deaths.