UPDATE - 593 New Cases Of Coronavirus Recorded In Nigeria

CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 

593 new cases of Coronavirus was recorded across the country on

Wednesday August 19, as confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

A breakdown of the new cases across states is as follows;  Plateau-186, Lagos-172, FCT-62, Oyo-27, Delta-25, Rivers-20, Ondo-19, Edo-18, Kaduna-17, Enugu-12, Akwa Ibom-10, Ogun-7, Abia-6, Gombe-6, Kano-3, Osun-3.

There are now 50,488 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 985 deaths has been recorded.  37,304 patients who recovered have also been discharged.