Nigeria Records 216 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Confirmed Cases Now 54,463

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 216 COVID-19 cases bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 54,463.

The latest figures were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday night.

The new cases, according to the NCDC, were found in the following 16 states: “Plateau-59 Rivers-27Abia-22 Lagos-20 Oyo-18 Enugu-17Kaduna-11FCT-11Ogun-10 Ebonyi-4 Osun-4 Ekiti-4 Delta-3 Edo-3 Akwa Ibom-2 Bauchi-1.”

216 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Plateau-59
Rivers-27
Abia-22
Lagos-20
Oyo-18
Enugu-17
Kaduna-11
FCT-11
Ogun-10
Ebonyi-4
Osun-4
Ekiti-4
Delta-3
Edo-3
Akwa Ibom-2
Bauchi-1

54,463 confirmed
42,439 discharged
1,027 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUSBtDjZWA

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 2, 2020

Nigeria has since February recorded 42,439 recoveries and 1,027 deaths.