BREAKING: Nigeria Records 239 COVID-19 Cases, See Breakdown For Each State

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 239 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Ekohotblog reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 239 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday evening, May 9.

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This online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the 239 COVID-19 cases recorded on Saturday evening, 97 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 44-Bauchi, 29-Kano,19-Katsina, 17-Borno,7-FCT, 6-Kwara,5-Oyo, 3-Kaduna, 3-Sokoto,2 Adamawa, 2-Kebbi, 2-Plateau, 2-Ogun,1-Ekiti.

The NCDC tweeted:

239 new cases of #COVID19;

97-Lagos
44-Bauchi
29-Kano
19-Katsina
17-Borno
7-FCT
6-Kwara
5-Oyo
3-Kaduna
3-Sokoto
2-Adamawa
2-Kebbi
2-Plateau
2-Ogun
1-Ekiti

4151 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 745
Deaths: 128 pic.twitter.com/tVlNJr4AjL

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 9, 2020

Meanwhile, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to four thousand one hundred and fifty-one (4151) with seven hundred and forty-five (745) people discharged and one hundred and twenty-eight (128) deaths recorded so far.

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