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Confirmed CoronaVirus cases in Nigeria took a dip yesterday after Saturday’s high record with the country crossing the threshold of 1000 deaths.
Nigeria Center for Disease Control(NCDC) , on Sunday 23rd August recorded 322 new cases of COVID19Nigeria.
The cases were recorded from 18 states of the country and the Federal Capital Territory as
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
Of the 52,227 confirmed cases,
38,945 have been discharged with
1002 deaths.
NCDC has maintained that Social Distancing , Washing hands with soap and water and wearing face masks are ways of containing the spread of the virus.