NCDC announces 250 new cases of coronavirus, total rises to 53,727

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday, August 29th, announced 250 new cases of COVID-19.

According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 19 states, and the FCT.

The states with the 250 new cases are;

1. Plateau-69
2. FCT-41
3. Lagos-21
4. Delta-14
5. Kaduna-14
6. Bayelsa-13
7. Enugu-13
8. Ekiti-11
9. Bauchi-9
10. Ogun-8
11. Edo-7
12. Oyo-7
13. Rivers-6
14. Adamawa-4
15. Osun-4
16. Nasarawa-3
17. Ebonyi-2
18. Kwara-2
19. Gombe-1
20. Imo-1

NCDC also announced that as of 11:30 pm on 29th August, there are 53,727 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.

41,314 patients have been discharged with 1,011 deaths across the country.