NCDC Confirms 410 New Coronavirus Cases, 217 Recoveries, 4 Casualties

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 410 new cases, 217 recoveries and 4 casualties on Tuesday, August 18.

NCDC in a tweet on Tuesday has now announced;

410 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-210
FCT-45
Ondo-30
Plateau-21
Edo-19
Ogun-16
Oyo-13
Nasarawa-12
Bauchi-11
Enugu-10
Kwara-7
Kaduna-6
Anambra-4
Ebonyi-3
Abia-2
Rivers-1

49,895 confirmed
37,051 discharged
981 deaths pic.twitter.com/3wG5WQmEcz

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 18, 2020

On Monday, there were 49,485 total cases, 36,834 recoveries and 977 death cases across the country.

With the latest toll, total cases have now increased to 49,895 with 37,051 recoveries and 981 casualties across the country.

Also, NCDC in its latest situation report has revealed that overall samples tested nationwide have increased from 352,625 to 355,196 as at August 17.

Meanwhile, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the inclusion of the Federal Medical Centre GeneXpert laboratory, Gusau, Zamfara state to the NCDC molecular laboratory network.

There are now 64 laboratories with the capacity to test for COVID-19 in the NCDC laboratory network.

We are pleased to announce the inclusion of the Federal Medical Centre GeneXpert laboratory, Gusau, Zamfara to the NCDC Molecular Laboratory Network.

There are currently 64 laboratories with the capacity to test for #COVID19 in the #NCDCLabNetwork.#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/1V8kwMaDrb

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 17, 2020