NCDC announces 216 new cases of coronavirus, total rises to 54,463

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, September 2nd, announced 216 new cases of COVID-19.

According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 15 states, and the FCT.

The states with the 216 new cases are;

1. Plateau-59
2. Rivers-27
3. Abia-22
4. Lagos-20
5. Oyo-18
6. Enugu-17
7. Kaduna-11
8. FCT-11
9. Ogun-10
10. Ebonyi-4
11. Osun-4
12. Ekiti-4
13. Delta-3
14. Edo-3
15. Akwa Ibom-2
16. Bauchi-1

NCDC also announced that as of 11:20 pm on 2nd September, there are 54,463 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.

42,439 patients have been discharged with 1,027 deaths across the country.

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