As Nigeria continues its fight against Coronavirus, 386 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded on Saturday night, with a total number of 43,537 cases.
Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed that 20,087 patients have now been discharged, with 883 patients losing their lives to the coronavirus.
According to the NCDC in a tweet, the Federal Capital Territory had the highest number of infections on Saturday night with 130 cases, with Lagos State following with 65 cases.
Other states read as follows:
Ondo-37 Osun-29 Plateau-23 Rivers-15 Enugu-14 Nasarawa-12 Bayelsa-11 Ebonyi-11 Ekiti-9 Oyo-8 Edo-8 Abia-6 Ogun-3 Katsina-3 Imo-1 Adamawa-1
386 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-130
Lagos-65
Ondo-37
Osun-29
Plateau-23
Rivers-15
Enugu-14
Nasarawa-12
Bayelsa-11
Ebonyi-11
Ekiti-9
Oyo-8
Edo-8
Abia-6
Ogun-3
Katsina-3
Imo-1
Adamawa-143,537 confirmed
20,087 discharged
883 deaths pic.twitter.com/JfacBBoawd— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 1, 2020
In a related story, WITHIN NIGERIA reported that Pastor David Oyedepo, the presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide, has declared that very soon the world will realise that they have been deceived by the Coronavirus outrage as it is a mere noise from hell.
He threw his weight behind the purported discovery of Dr. Stella Immanuel that antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine, zinc, and antibacterial drug, Zithromax, were effective cures for the virus.
Oyedepo who spoke at the Covenant Hour of Prayer programme of his church, said that the coronavirus is a mere noise from hell.