Nigeria on Thursday recorded an additional 476 new cases of COVID-19, raising total infections in the country to 50,964.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) published this on its official and verified twitter handle as stated below:

Lagos recorded 235 new cases, almost half of the national figures.

The state moves from 186 cases it recorded on Wednesday to 235 cases.

See post below;

476 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-235
FCT-44
Kaduna-41
Borno-33
Plateau-28
Abia-13
Edo-13
Rivers-12
Imo-11
Oyo-10
Kano-9
Kwara-7
Enugu-5
Katsina-5
Gombe-4
Ogun-4
Nasarawa-1
Zamfara-1

50,964 confirmed
37,569 discharged
992 deaths pic.twitter.com/2crpzyzHoO

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 20, 2020