BREAKING: Nigeria Records 338 Fresh COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 338 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

NCDC noted this in its daily COVID-19 cases update published on its official Twitter handle.

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It wrote: “Nigeria has recorded 338 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,959.

“177-Lagos; 64-Kano; 21-FCT; 16-Rivers; 14-Plateau; 11-Oyo; 9-Katsina; 4-Jigawa; 4-Kaduna; 3-Abia; 3-Bauchi; 3-Borno; 2-Gombe; 2-Akwa Ibom; 2-Delta; 1-Ondo; 1-Kebbi and 1-Sokoto.“

338 new cases of #COVID19;

177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto

5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182 pic.twitter.com/1nC9HjskN3

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 17, 2020

Meanwhile, Ekohotblog reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to five thousand, nine hundred and fifty-nine (5959) with one thousand, five hundred, and ninety-four (1594) people discharged and one hundred and eighty-two (182) deaths recorded so far.

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