Nigeria records 325 more coronavirus cases, total now 48,770

Bayo Wahab 05:40 - 16 August 2020

NCDC activates 3 more Coronavirus laboratories, now 33 in Nigeria. [Twitter/@NCDCgov]

Following the announcement of 325 more coronavirus cases in Nigeria, the country has now recorded a total of 48,770 confirmed cases of the disease.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the new cases were confirmed in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday, August 15, 2020.

325 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-87
FCT-49
Gombe-28
Ebonyi-20
Plateau-19
Kwara-18
Enugu-17
Imo-12
Rivers-12
Kaduna-11
Ogun-10
Edo-9
Oyo-9
Ondo-8
Osun-8
Ekiti-4
Borno-1
Kano-1
Bauchi-1
Nasarawa-1

48,770 confirmed
36,290 discharged
974 deaths pic.twitter.com/0SI1CE4DAR
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 15, 2020

According to the agency, 87 new cases were detected in Lagos, 49 in FCT, 28 in Gombe, 20 in Ebonyi, 19 in Plateau, 18 in Kwara, 17 in Enugu, 12 each in Imo and Rivers, 11 in Kaduna and 10 in Ogun.

Other states with new cases are Edo-9, Oyo-9, Ondo-8, Osun-8, Ekiti-4, Borno-1, Kano-1, Bauchi-1, and Nasarawa-1.

36,290 patients have, however, recovered from the disease and discharged from isolation centres while a total of 974 deaths have been recorded.