Nigeria Records 143 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Number Now 54,008

Nigeria on Monday recorded 143 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases recorded in the country to 54,008.

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

143 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Plateau-35
Kaduna-21
Lagos-19
FCT-13
Ebonyi-9
Adamawa-7
Enugu-7
Katsina-7
Edo-6
Kwara-5
Osun-3
Anambra-2
Kano-2
Niger-2
Ogun-2
Benue-1
Borno-1
Sokoto-1

54,008 confirmed
41,638 discharged
1,013 deaths pic.twitter.com/jCuJMtRoB0

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 31, 2020

Of the number of cases, 41,638 persons have been treated and discharged while 1,013 deaths have been recorded.