COVID 19 Pandemic Update: Sallah Celebrations Records Spike In Number of Cases Totalling 43,537

The Nigeria centre for disease control NCDC has reported 386 new cases of the Coronavirus in the country bringing the total number of cases to 43,537.

The Agency made this known in its daily tweets saying that the FCT Reported 130 cases, the Highest Number traceable to the gatherings recorded during the Sallah Celebrations.

Other states are Lagos with 65 cases, Ondo 37 cases, Osun 29, Plateau 23, Rivers 15 Enugu14, Nasarawa 12, Bayelsa and Ebonyi 11 each among other states.

The number of discharged cases is 20,087 while the death figure from COVID-19 is now 883.

386 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

FCT-130
Lagos-65
Ondo-37
Osun-29
Plateau-23
Rivers-15
Enugu-14
Nasarawa-12
Bayelsa-11
Ebonyi-11
Ekiti-9
Oyo-8
Edo-8
Abia-6
Ogun-3
Katsina-3
Imo-1
Adamawa-1

43,537 confirmed
20,087 discharged
883 deaths pic.twitter.com/JfacBBoawd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 1, 2020

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