COVID-19 Update: Nigeria Records 304 New Cases, Tally Now 43,841

BY VICTOR OSOWOCHI, ABUJA – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 304 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) were confirmed in the last 24 hours nationwide.

According to the Centre, these fresh cases from 15 states of the federation have taken the total of confirmed infection figures in the country to 43,841 cases

Statistics captured on NCDC’s verified Twitter handle late on Sunday, August 2, 2020 showed that five deaths were also recorded with the countrywide fatality figure totalling 888 deaths since the pandemic broke out around early March 2020.

The Centre said; “On the 2nd of August 2020, 304 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 43,841 cases have been confirmed, 20,308 cases have been discharged and 888 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”

From the NCDC’s breakdown of the 304 new cases, Lagos returned to the number one position on daily reported infections with 81 cases followed by FCT at 39 and Abia state with 31 cases.

Others on the chart are: Kaduna (24), Rivers (23), Plateau (16), Cross River (13), Ebonyi (12), Ondo (12) Ekiti (11), Edo (11), Benue (10), Nasarawa (10), Ogun (6) and Gombe (5)