Updated: Nigeria Records 276 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 8,344

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 276 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 276 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on Tuesday evening, May 26.

INN gathers that of the 276 COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday evening, 161 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, Rivers-36 Edo-27 Kaduna-19 Nasarawa-10 Oyo-6 Kano-4 Delta-3 Ebonyi-3 Gombe-2 Ogun-1 Ondo-1 Borno-1 Abia-1 Bauchi-1, northeast Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “276 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-161 Rivers-36 Edo-27 Kaduna-19 Nasarawa-10 Oyo-6 Kano-4 Delta-3 Ebonyi-3 Gombe-2 Ogun-1 Ondo-1 Borno-1 Abia-1 Bauchi-1; 8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 2385 Deaths: 249,” the tweet added.

276 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-161
Rivers-36
Edo-27
Kaduna-19
Nasarawa-10
Oyo-6
Kano-4
Delta-3
Ebonyi-3
Gombe-2
Ogun-1
Ondo-1
Borno-1
Abia-1
Bauchi-1

8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2385
Deaths: 249#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Xl7QefqAWQ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2020