The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced that Nigeria has recorded 239 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.
The development was contained in NCDC’s daily official update on COVID-19 on its official Twitter handle.
The agency stated that the total number of cases in Nigeria spiked up to 4,151 on Saturday, with Lagos being the epicentre with 1,764 cases.
The recorded cases include:
“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”
See tweet and breakdown below:
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
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