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Nigeria Records 386 COVID-19 Cases, See Breakdown For Each State
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 386 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 386 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, May 8.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 386 COVID-19 cases recorded on Friday evening, 176 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city,65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi 2-Ondo 1-Enugu 1-Imo 1-Gombe 1-Osun, southwest Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “386 new cases of #COVID19; 176-Lagos 65-Kano 31-Katsina 20-FCT 17-Borno 15-Bauchi 14-Nasarawa 13-Ogun 10-Plateau 4-Oyo 4-Sokoto 4-Rivers 3-Kaduna 2-Edo 2-Ebonyi 2-Ondo 1-Enugu 1-Imo 1-Gombe 1-Osun 3912 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 679 Deaths: 117,” the tweet added.
386 new cases of #COVID19;
176-Lagos
65-Kano
31-Katsina
20-FCT
17-Borno
15-Bauchi
14-Nasarawa
13-Ogun
10-Plateau
4-Oyo
4-Sokoto
4-Rivers
3-Kaduna
2-Edo
2-Ebonyi
2-Ondo
1-Enugu
1-Imo
1-Gombe
1-Osun3912 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 679
Deaths: 117 pic.twitter.com/IUWL9ROjqQ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 8, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to three thousand, nine hundred and twelve (3912) with six hundred and seventy-nine (679) people discharged and one hundred and seventeen (117) deaths recorded so far.