Nigeria now has 54,008 confirmed cases of the Coronavirus, with 143 new cases recorded on Monday night.

According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 41,638 patients have now been discharged, with 1,013 patients dying from COVID-19.

The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Monday with 35 cases, with Kaduna State following with 21 cases.

Other states read as follows:

Lagos-19 FCT-13 Ebonyi-9 Adamawa-7 Enugu-7 Katsina-7 Edo-6 Kwara-5 Osun-3 Anambra-2 Kano-2 Niger-2 Ogun-2 Benue-1 Borno-1 Sokoto-1

143 NEW CASES OF #COVID19NIGERIA;

PLATEAU-35
KADUNA-21
LAGOS-19
FCT-13
EBONYI-9
ADAMAWA-7
ENUGU-7
KATSINA-7
EDO-6
KWARA-5
OSUN-3
ANAMBRA-2
KANO-2
NIGER-2
OGUN-2
BENUE-1
BORNO-1
SOKOTO-1

54,008 CONFIRMED
41,638 DISCHARGED
1,013 DEATHS PIC.TWITTER.COM/JCUJMTROB0

— NCDC (@NCDCGOV) AUGUST 31, 2020