Nigeria Records 321 New Cases Of COVID-19 As Total Cases Escalates To 52,548

Nigeria Records 321 New Cases Of COVID-19 As Total Cases Escalates To 52,548

321 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in Nigeria on Monday, August 24.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this via its Twitter handle on Monday night.

Of the new cases, Lagos had 98, FCT – 34, Kaduna – 30, Nasarawa – 25, Benue – 21, Plateau – 17, Rivers – 15, Adamawa – 11, and Ogun – 11.

Other states with new cases include Enugu –9, Edo –8, Delta –7, Ekiti –7, Gombe –5, Ebonyi –4, Bayelsa –3, Kano –3, Ondo –3, Cross River –2, Imo –2, Kebbi –2, Niger –2, Abia –1, and Bauchi –1.

Nigeria now has  52,548 confirmed cases of the viral disease.

See a breakdown of the number of cases in the country below;