The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has confirmed three hundred and eighty six (386) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the newly-confirmed 386 coronavirus cases in the country, 130 in FCT, 65 in Lagos, 37 in Ondo, 29 in Osun, 23 in Plateau, 15 in Rivers, 14 in Enugu, 12 in Nasarawa, 11 in Bayelsa, 11 in Ebonyi, 9 in Ekiti, 8 in Oyo, 8 in Edo, 6 in Abia, 3 in Ogun, 3 in Katsina, 1 in Imo and 1 in Adamawa.

As of Saturday, August 1st, there are 43,537 confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria. 20,087 patients have been discharged, with 883 deaths.

A breakdown of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria by state plus the FCT, as of Saturday, August 1st, 2020:

The NCDC disclosed this on Saturday, August 1st, 2020 via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov.

Nigeria’s discharge rate has increased so remarkably that the cumulative amount of active cases has entered an early phase of flattening.

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