#COVID-19: Nigeria Records 288 New Cases

Posted by African Examiner African News, Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Tuesday, August 4th, 2020

By Niyi Adeyi

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 288 new confirmed cases of #COVID-19 in the country.

The agency via its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov late Monday night during its daily update report, announced that out of the new cases, Lagos top with – 88 new confirmed cases; Kwara – 33; Osun – 27; FCT- 25; Enugu – 25; Abia – 20; Kaduna – 17; Plateau – 13; Rivers-13.

Others according to the NCDC were: Delta – 10; Gombe – 8; Ogun – 4; Oyo – 3; Katsina – 1; Bauchi – 1

NCDC disclosed that with the latest development, the country now has 44,129 confirmed cases; 20,663 discharged and a total of 896 deaths.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government (FG) has directed schools to re-open for the SSS3 students today (Tuesday) for preparation towards the conduct of this year’s WASSCE – which has been suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.