NCDC announces 160 cases of coronavirus, total rises to 53,477

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, August 28th, announced 160 new cases of COVID-19.

According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 14 states, and the FCT.

The states with the 160 new cases are;

1. Plateau-44
2. Lagos-27
3. Katsina-18
4. Edo-15
5. FCT-14
6. Ondo-10
7. Oyo-9
8. Kwara-6
9. Abia-4
10. Nasarawa-4
11. Kano-3
12. Ekiti-2
13. Kaduna-2
14. Kebbi-1
15. Ogun-1

NCDC also announced that as of 11:30 pm on 28th August, there are 53,477 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.

41,017 patients have been discharged with 1,011 deaths across the country.