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Nigeria Records 313 COVID-19 Cases, See Breakdown For Each State
Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 313 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 313 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, May 24.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 313 COVID-19 cases recorded on Sunday evening, 148 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city,36-FCT 27-Rivers 19-Edo 13-Kano 12-Ogun 11-Ebonyi 8-Nasarawa 8-Delta 7-Oyo 6- Plateau 5-Kaduna 4-Kwara 3-Akwa Ibom 3-Bayelsa 2-Niger 1-Anambra, south-east Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “313 new cases of #COVID19; 148-Lagos 36-FCT 27-Rivers 19-Edo 13-Kano 12-Ogun 11-Ebonyi 8-Nasarawa 8-Delta 7-Oyo 6- Plateau 5-Kaduna 4-Kwara 3-Akwa Ibom 3-Bayelsa 2-Niger 1-Anambra 7839 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 2263 Deaths: 226,” the tweet added.
313 new cases of #COVID19;
148-Lagos
36-FCT
27-Rivers
19-Edo
13-Kano
12-Ogun
11-Ebonyi
8-Nasarawa
8-Delta
7-Oyo
6- Plateau
5-Kaduna
4-Kwara
3-Akwa Ibom
3-Bayelsa
2-Niger
1-Anambra7839 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2263
Deaths: 226 pic.twitter.com/9xnlCpT902— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to seven thousand and eight hundred and thirty-nine (7839) with two thousand, two hundred and sixty-three (2263) people discharged and two hundred and twenty-six (226) deaths recorded so far.