Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
Nigeria now has 52,800 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 252 new cases recorded on Tuesday night
According to a tweet from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, 39,964 patients have now been discharged, with 1007 patients losing their lives to the Coronavirus.
The tweet revealed that Plateau State had the highest number of infections on Tuesday with 50 cases, with Enugu State following with 35 cases, and Rivers State with 27 cases.
Other states read as follows:
252 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Plateau-50
Enugu-35
Rivers-27
Lagos-26
FCT-18
Kaduna-18
Ekiti-10
Kano-10
Taraba-9
Anambra-8
Edo-8
Oyo-8
Delta-7
Ogun-6
Abia-5
Bayelsa-5
Ebonyi-1
Osun-152,800 confirmed
39,964 discharged
1,007 deaths pic.twitter.com/Yb8gLJXMDw— NCDC (@NCDCgov) August 25, 2020
