207 recover from coronavirus as Plateau records 108 out of 298 new cases

Bayo Wahab 01:38 - 17 August 2020

Coronavirus testing at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital in northern Nigeria

The highest number of new coronavirus cases on Sunday, August 16, 2020, were recorded in Plateau state with 108 of 298 cases.

The total number of confirmed cases of the virus in Nigeria has now risen to 49, 068 cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDN) in its daily update announced that the new cases were detected in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

298 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Plateau-108
Kaduna-49
Lagos-47
Ogun-18
Osun-17
FCT-15
Ondo-14
Edo-8
Oyo-6
Akwa Ibom-4
Cross River-4
Borno-3
Ekiti-2
Bauchi-1
Kano-1
Rivers-1

49,068 confirmed
36,497 discharged
975 deaths pic.twitter.com/aIPEWeoFqG
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 16, 2020

As stated in the update, the bulk of the new cases were confirmed in Plateau state, followed by Kaduna and Lagos with 49 and 47 cases respectively.

In Ogun, -18, 17 in Osun, 17 in FCT, -15 Ondo, -14 Edo, 8 Oyo, -6 in Akwa Ibom-4 and Cross River-4.

Other States with new cases include, Akwa Ibom-4 Cross River-4 Borno-3 Ekiti-2 Bauchi-1 Kano-1 and Rivers-1.

The new update also shows that 36,497 have so far been discharged from treatment centres, while coronavirus death in the country inches closer to 1000.