NCDC announces 296 cases of coronavirus, total rises to 53,317

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Thursday, August 27th, announced 296 new cases of COVID-19.

According to NCDC, the new cases were spread across 16 states, and the FCT.

The states with the 296 new cases are;

1. Plateau-85
2. Enugu-46
3. Oyo-31
4. Lagos-21
5. Rivers-20
6. FCT-15
7. Kaduna-13
8. Bauchi-12
9. Delta-11
10. Ekiti-11
11. Akwa Ibom-7
12. Ebonyi-6
13. Kwara-5
14. Ogun-4
15. Osun-4
16. Gombe-3
17. Niger-2

NCDC also announced that as of 11:30 pm on 27th August, there are 53,317 total COVID-19 confirmed cases reported in Nigeria.

40,726 patients have been discharged with 1,011 deaths across the country.