Plateau State again topped with Covid19 Nigeria new cases highest in the North but fell in Lagos and the South with 138 new cases on Sunday.
TheConscience reports that while the North has 69 cases, the South East recorded 26 cases while the South West had 34 with the South-South taking the lowest hit with just 9 new cases across the region on Sunday.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control NCDC gave the new figures on its website late Sunday 30th of August 2020, with 138 freshly confirmed cases and two deaths recorded as the rate of confirmed Coronavirius cases continues to drop across Nigeria with Plateau maintaining a worrisome lead as the new epicenter and responsible for the higher margin of the Northern region of Nigeria, this online newspaper reports.
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The government authority said, “On the 30th of August 2020, 138 new confirmed cases and 2 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, 402,070 have been tested, 53865 cases confirmed, 41513 discharged and 1,013 deaths have been recorded in 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 138 new cases are reported from 14 states- Plateau (55), Lagos (15), Ebonyi (11), Oyo (11), Abia (8), Anambra (7), FCT (7), Rivers (7), Kaduna (6), Ondo (5), Kwara (3), Bauchi (1), Benue (1), Edo (1).”
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From TheConscience Covid19 Nigeria analysis, from the 69 Cases in the North, Plateau State remains a flash point with 55 new cases from a recent 69 and 44 tallies; FCT and Kaduna recorded 7 and 6 respectively as against 41 and 14 on Saturday.
In South West, Lagos maintains its downward pick of 15 instead of 21 having dropped drastically from its average of over 100 cases daily to 17 and 21 cases lately. In Oyo, Coronavirus drops also from its earlier tallies of 31 and 9 to 11 cases, Kwara dropped further to 3 from 6; Ondo had 5 while Ogun and Osun had zero.
Ebonyi had 11 from 0, Abia and Anambra had 8 and 7 from 0 with 26 for the South-East while Rivers with 7 cases gave the least concern to the South-South
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138 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Plateau-55
Lagos-15
Ebonyi-11
Oyo-11
Abia-8
Anambra-7
FCT-7
Rivers-7
Kaduna-6
Ondo-5
Kwara-3
Bauchi-1
Benue-1
Edo-1
53,865 confirmed
41,513 discharged
1,013 deaths
