New cases of covid-19 have been confirmed on wednesday 5th August 2020. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known to Nigerians on wednesday night. Though new cases are coming up daily there has been a low death rate and several states have put in measures to curb this menace.
The 457 new cases of covid-19 are reported from 21 states- Lagos(137), FCT(76), Plateau(40), Rivers(35), Enugu(34), Oyo(25), Abia(23), Delta(12), Edo(11), Ebonyi(11), Cross River(10), Kwara(10), Kaduna(9), Anambra(7), Ogun(5), Imo(3), Bauchi(3), Osun(2), Nasarawa(2), Kano(1), Ekiti(1).
