COVID19 Update: NCDC reports 340 new infections of coronavirus

 On Friday, August 21, 2020, Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 340 new infections of coronavirus in the country.

From their report, Kaduna had the highest number of cases with a total number of 63, while the capital city, Abuja, Plateau, and Lagos which currently has the highest total number of covid19 cases came out with 51, 38, and 33 cases respectively. 

Other states with new infections of covid 19 in the country are; Delta-25, Gombe-21, Adamawa-21, Edo-20, Katsina-17, Akwa Ibom-11, Ekiti-10, Rivers-9, Ondo-5, Ebonyi-4, Cross River-3, Ogun-3, Sokoto-2, Imo-2 and Nasarawa-2

Currently, NCDC have reported a total number of 51,304 while the fatality rate slightly increased to 996. The number of patients to have recovered from the virus is a total number of 37,885. 

Below, is a list of the total number of coronavirus cases in each state;