Nigeria COVID-19 Death Toll Surpasses 1000 As NCDC Record 322 New Cases

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 322 new cases of novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 52,227 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Sunday.

Lagos State lead the way with a whopping 130 cases from the 322 new cases added on Sunday.

As at 22:14 on Sunday, Nigeria had recorded 38,945 recoveries and a total of 1,002 dead cases so far.

322 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-130
Bauchi-36
FCT-25
Edo-17
Bayelsa-14
Ogun-14
Oyo-14
Anambra-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-11
Abia-10
Osun-6
Plateau-5
Kwara-5
Kano-4
Ebonyi-3
Sokoto-2
Borno-1

52,227 confirmed
38,945 discharged
1002 deaths pic.twitter.com/HvHcYSS3PS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 23, 2020