Nigeria's coronavirus cases now 50,964

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases have now risen to as at this evening, says Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

According to the centre, the 476 new cases were confirmed alone on Thurwsday, August 20, 2020.

Lagos with the highest figures has 235 cases while the nation’s capital, FCT has 44 cases.

The remaining states are also listed below:

Kaduna-41

Borno-33

Plateau-28

Abia-13

Edo-13

Rivers-12

Imo-11

Oyo-10

Kano-9

Kwara-7

Enugu-5

Katsina-5

Gombe-4

Ogun-4

Nasarawa-1

Zamfara-1

Notably, 37,569 patients have been discharged while 992 patients have died of COVID-19