Nigeria Records 313 New COVID-19 Cases; Lagos Leads With 148

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News, News Across Nigeria, News From The State Sunday, May 24th, 2020

By Ganiyu Nasirudeen, Lagos

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Again, the number of COVID-19 in Nigeria is on the increase as the country has just recorded 313 new confirmed cases.

Also, Lagos the Nigeria’s epicenter of the virus recorded 148 – the highest of the newly confirmed incidents.

The latest figure as released late Sunday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in its daily briefing has brought to 7,839 – the total number of confirmed cases in the country. NCDC tweet stated:

313 new cases of #COVID19;

The breakdown is:

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