About 1,002 people have died from COVID-19 in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), have said.
This is as the health body said the total number of persons infected with the virus in the country has risen to 52, 227 with the confirmation of 322 new cases on Sunday night.
Lagos recorded the highest number of fresh cases reported from 17 states and Abuja with 130 new cases.
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The information posted on the NCDC Twitter handle on Sunday night read: “On the 23rd of August 2020, 322 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 52227 cases have been confirmed, 38945 cases have been discharged and 1002 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 322 new cases are reported from 18 states- 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).”
