Nigeria on Thursday reported
three more deaths from COVID-19 as the country’s infections from the virus
crossed 45, 000.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease
Control (NCDC) which revealed the latest figure, also said the West African
nation had 354 fresh COVID-19 cases for the day.
Nigeria’s latest COVID-19
infections were confirmed in 16 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT),
taking the country’s tally to 45,244.
A breakdown of the new infections from the virus indicated that the FCT had the highest number of fresh cases – 78 – and is followed by the country’s COVID-19 epicentre, Lagos – 76 – and Kaduna-23.
Other states with confirmed cases
of COVID-19 include Ebonyi – 19; Oyo – 18;
Nasarawa – 17; Rivers – 17; Delta
-16; Kwara – 15; Akwa Ibom – 13; Edo – 12 and Ogun -12.
Plateau – 11; Kano – 9; Bauchi –
6 ; Borno – 6 and Ekiti -6, reported the
remaining COVID-19 cases for Thursday.
354 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 6, 2020
FCT-78
Lagos-76
Kaduna-23
Ebonyi-19
Oyo-18
Nasarawa-17
Rivers-17
Delta-16
Kwara-15
Akwa Ibom-13
Edo-12
Ogun-12
Plateau-11
Kano-9
Bauchi-6
Borno-6
Ekiti-6
45,244 confirmed
32,430 discharged
930 deaths pic.twitter.com/CEtNUyiHpC
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