Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 176 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 176 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on Saturday evening, May 16.
INN gathers that of the 176 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 95 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 31-Oyo 11-FCT 8-Niger 8-Borno 6-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Anambra 2-Edo 2-Rivers 2-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 1-Benue 1-Zamfara, northwestern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “176 new cases of #COVID19, 95-Lagos, 31-Oyo 11-FCT 8-Niger 8-Borno 6-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Anambra 2-Edo 2-Rivers 2-Nasarawa 2-Bauchi 1-Benue 1-Zamfara, 5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria, Discharged: 1472 Deaths: 176,” the tweet added.
176 new cases of #COVID19;
95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176 pic.twitter.com/VBFAS6YQYJ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 16, 2020
However, the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to five thousand, six hundred and twenty-one (5621) with one thousand, four hundred and seventy-two (1472) people discharged and one hundred and seventy-six (176) deaths recorded so far.