Nigeria’s coronavirus cases rise by 298 to 49,068

Nigeria has recorded 298 new cases of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing to 49,068 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.

Announcing this yesterday, August 16, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Plateau recorded 108 cases.

Kaduna, 49

Lagos, 47

Ogun, 18

Osun, 17

Federal Capital Territory (FCT), 15

Ondo, 14

Edo, 8

Oyo, 6

Akwa Ibom and Cross River, 4 each

Borno, 3

Ekiti, 2

Bauchi, 1

Kano, 1

Rivers, 1

It said: “Nigeria has so far recorded 49,068 cases of COVID-19. 36,497 patients have been discharged, while 975 persons have died.”