COVID-19 confirmed cases now 55,160 in Nigeria, deaths 1,061

Nigeria now has 55,160 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 155 new cases recorded on Monday night.

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 43,231 patients have now been discharged, with 1,061 patients losing their lives to the Coronavirus pandemic.

The tweet revealed that Lagos State had the highest number of infections on Monday night with 42 cases, with Plateau State following with 25 cases.

Other states read as follow:

Rivers-16

Ebonyi-10

Abia-9

Ogun-9

FCT-9

Osun-7

Katsina-6

Kaduna-6

Ekiti-4

Taraba-4

Edo-3

Anambra-2

Akwa Ibom-2

Kano-1

155 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-42
Plateau-25
Rivers-16
Ebonyi-10
Abia-9
Ogun-9
FCT-9
Osun-7
Katsina-6
Kaduna-6
Ekiti-4
Taraba-4
Edo-3
Anambra-2
Akwa Ibom-2
Kano-1

55,160 confirmed
43,231 discharged
1,061 deaths pic.twitter.com/UNtrjwwXKg

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) September 7, 2020