Nigeria, on August 17, confirmed 417 new cases of Coronavirus.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who made the announcement, gave the breakdown as follows; Lagos-207, Kaduna-44, Ondo-38, Abia-28, Anambra-21, Plateau-20, Bauchi-13, Oyo-9, Ebonyi-9, Delta-7, Edo-7, Enugu-6, Niger-3, Gombe-2, Ogun-1, FCT-1, Kano-1.
There are now 49,485 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria and 977 deaths has been recorded. 36,834 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.
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