Nigeria Records 339 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Hits 7,016
Nigeria has recorded 339 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 7016.
This was disclosed in the latest update the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made in a tweet via its official handle on Thursday night.
According to the health agency, Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo 25, and Katsina 22.
NCDC also reported the discharge of 67 patients, bringing the number of fully recovered cases to 1,907.
However, deaths also increased by 11, taking the country’s death toll from the virus to 211.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/Z5x7UFXpXd#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/B8GEVGnE02
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 21, 2020
