…7 more lives claimed by COVID-19 pandemic
The nation’s health agency, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced additional 329 confirmed COVID-19 infections in the country.
It was disclosed on Friday on its official Twitter handle, as it also revealed also that 7 lives claimed by the pandemic.
The figures put the total confirmed cases at 48,445 as discharged cases are 35,998 and aggregate death toll hits 973.
COVID-19 Case Update- as at Friday, August 14, 2020
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Total Number of Confirmed Cases – 48,445
Total Number of Discharged Cases – 35,998
Total Active Cases – 11,474
Total Deaths – 973
Total Tests Carried out – 344,397
The 329 new cases are reported from 20 states and Federal Capital Territory as Lagos takes the highest number of infections.
The statistics are given as: Lagos (113), Kaduna (49), FCT(33), Plateau (24), Kano (16), Edo (15), Ogun (14), Delta (13), Osun (10), Oyo (8), Ekiti (6) Bayelsa (6), Akwa Ibom (5), Borno (4), Enugu (4), Ebonyi (3), Rivers (2), Bauchi (1), Nasarawa (1), Gombe (1) and Niger (1).
