Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 288 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 288 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on Friday evening, May 15.
INN gathers that of the 288 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 179 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 20-Kaduna 15-Katsina 15-Jigawa 13-Borno 11-Ogun 8-Kano 7-FCT 4-Niger 4-Ekiti 3-Oyo 3-Delta 3-Bauchi 2-Kwara 1-Edo, south-south Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “179-Lagos, 20-Kaduna 15-Katsina 15-Jigawa 13-Borno 11-Ogun 8-Kano 7-FCT 4-Niger 4-Ekiti 3-Oyo 3-Delta 3-Bauchi 2-Kwara 1-Edo, 5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, Discharged: 1320 Deaths: 171,” the tweet added.
288 new cases of #COVID19;
179-Lagos
20-Kaduna
15-Katsina
15-Jigawa
13-Borno
11-Ogun
8-Kano
7-FCT
4-Niger
4-Ekiti
3-Oyo
3-Delta
3-Bauchi
2-Kwara
1-Edo5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1320
Deaths: 171 pic.twitter.com/WOllJ4pGlc— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 15, 2020
However, the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to five thousand, four hundred and forty-five (5445) with one thousand, three hundred and twenty (1320) people discharged and one hundred and seventy-one (171) deaths recorded so far.