Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 193 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 193 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday evening, May 13.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 193 COVID-19 cases recorded on Thursday evening, 58 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 46-Kano 35-Jigawa 12-Yobe 9-FCT 7-Ogun 5-Plateau 5-Gombe 4-Imo 3-Edo 3-Kwara 3-Borno 1-Bauchi 1-Nasarawa 1-Ondo, southwest Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “193 new cases of #COVID19; 58-Lagos 46-Kano 35-Jigawa 12-Yobe 9-FCT 7-Ogun 5-Plateau 5-Gombe 4-Imo 3-Edo 3-Kwara 3-Borno 1-Bauchi 1-Nasarawa 1-Ondo 5162 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1180 Deaths: 167,” the tweet added.
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to five thousand, one hundred and sixty-two (5162) with one thousand, one hundred and eighty (1180) people discharged and one hundred and sixty-seven (167) deaths recorded so far.