Nigeria Records 248 New COVID-19 Cases, 17 Deaths

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it has recorded 248 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

In a tweet on Sunday night, the NCDC said that the new cases had taken the total number of infections in the country to 4,399. The 248 new cases are reported from 17 states.

It said: “248 new cases of #COVID19; 81-Lagos. 35-Jigawa, 26-Borno, 26-Kano, 20-Bauchi, 13-FCT, 12-Edo, 10-Sokoto, 7-Zamfara, 4-Kwara, 4-Kebbi, 2-Gombe, 2-Taraba
2-Ogun, 2-Ekiti, 1-Osun, 1-Bayelsa.

” Of the 4399 cases have been confirmed, 779 cases have been discharged and 143 deaths have been recorded”.

248 new cases of #COVID19;

81-Lagos
35-Jigawa
26-Borno
26-Kano
20-Bauchi
13-FCT
12-Edo
10-Sokoto
7-Zamfara
4-Kwara
4-Kebbi
2-Gombe
2-Taraba
2-Ogun
2-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Bayelsa

4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 778
Deaths: 143 pic.twitter.com/EXkXbq690g

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020