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457 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

457 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria on Wednesday, August 5.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos surpassed the list with 137 cases while the FCT came second with 76 new infections.

Other states with new cases involve Plateau – 40, Rivers – 35, Enugu – 34, Oyo – 25, Abia – 23, Delta – 12, Edo and Ebonyi – 11, Cross River and Kwara – 10, Kaduna – 9, Anambra – 7, Ogun – 5, Imo and Bauchi – 3, Osun and Nasarawa – 2, Kano and Ekiti – 1.

Nigeria now has 44,890 confirmed cases of the viral disease.  32,165 patients released with 927 deaths recorded so far.