[COVID-19] NCDC Reports 565 New Cases, Eight More Deaths

• Total cases confirmed – 187,588
• Total cases discharged – 168,818
• Total deaths recorded – 2,276

The latest figures by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirms that Nigeria now has a total of 187,588 COVID-19 cases.

In its latest case update dated August 23, the NCDC reports 565 new cases with 8 COVID-related deaths.

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The new cases were reported in the FCT and 13 states – Lagos-205, Rivers-73, Ondo-63, FCT-53, Oyo-53, Ekiti-37, Delta-24, Edo-20, Benue-12, Bayelsa-6, Kwara-6, Osun-6, Ogun-5 and Adamawa-2.

According to the NCDC, 0 cases were in reported in Cross River, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Nasarawa, Plateau and Sokoto States.

EKO HOT BLOG gathers that out of the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria, 168,818 cases have been discharged while the death toll has risen to 2,276.

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