BREAKING: Nigeria records 143 new cases of COVID-19, total now 54,008 – NCDC

Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, with 143 new cases recorded on Monday night

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 41,638 patients have now been discharged, with 1,013 patients dying from COVID-19.

The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Monday with 35 cases, with Kaduna State following with 21 cases.

Other states read as follows:

Lagos-19 FCT-13 Ebonyi-9 Adamawa-7 Enugu-7 Katsina-7 Edo-6 Kwara-5 Osun-3 Anambra-2 Kano-2 Niger-2 Ogun-2 Benue-1 Borno-1 Sokoto-1

143 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Plateau-35
Kaduna-21
Lagos-19
FCT-13
Ebonyi-9
Adamawa-7
Enugu-7
Katsina-7
Edo-6
Kwara-5
Osun-3
Anambra-2
Kano-2
Niger-2
Ogun-2
Benue-1
Borno-1
Sokoto-1

54,008 confirmed
41,638 discharged
1,013 deaths pic.twitter.com/jCuJMtRoB0

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 31, 2020