As of Sunday night, August 23 coronavirus deaths in Nigeria has hit 1002.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known in a tweet.
According to NCDC, total confirmed cases as of August 23, stood at 52,227 after the country reported 322 new confirmed cases on the same night.
It says a total of 38,945 patients have been discharged.
Breakdown of new cases:
Lagos-130
Bauchi-36
FCT-25
Edo-17
Bayelsa-14
Ogun-14
Oyo-14
Anambra-13
Kaduna-12
Ondo-11
Abia-10
Osun-6
Plateau-5
Kwara-5
Kano-4
Ebonyi-3
Sokoto-2
Borno-1
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