The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday August 19, 2021, reported 674 new cases of Coronavirus and eight deaths in Nigeria.
According to the Centre, till date, 185,267 cases have been confirmed, out of which167,923 cases have been discharged and 2,244 deaths have been recorded in the country.
The new cases were recorded in Lagos-355, Rivers-87, FCT-38, Ogun-33, Akwa Ibom-32, Oyo-32, Edo-22, Ekiti-20, Kwara-17, Delta-12, Bayelsa-8, Gombe-5, Kaduna-4, Osun-4, Enugu-2, Nasarawa-2 and Plateau-1.