The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded three hundred and forty (340) new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19).

The agency made this known in a post on its official Twitter page on Friday night.

The latest figures bring the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 51,304, while 37,885 have been discharged.

According to the NCDC  a total of 996 deaths have been recorded.

340 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Kaduna-63
FCT-51
Plateau-38
Lagos-33
Delta-25
Gombe-21
Adamawa-21
Edo-20
Katsina-17
Akwa Ibom-11
Ekiti-10
Rivers-9
Ondo-5
Ebonyi-4
Cross River-3
Ogun-3
Sokoto-2
Imo-2
Nasarawa-2

51,304 confirmed
37,885 discharged
996 deaths pic.twitter.com/coHVPh8vPS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 21, 2020