Breaking - NCDC Confirms 323 New Cases Of COVID-19, 148 In Lagos Alone, 5 Death

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria keeps increasing daily as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  (NCDC) recently released a fresh update of the number of cases recorded in the country on Sunday 24th May 2020.

The disease control centre made the announcement a tweet via it verified Twitter page @NCDCgov, where it disclosed that 313 new cases of the ravaging virus were recorded across the country, bringing the total infectious cases in the country to 7,839 (Seven thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine).

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According to the NCDC, out of the 313 new cases recorded, Lagos State recorded 148 new cases alone, bringing the total infections in the state to 3,505.

Other states which recorded new cases include; FCT Abuja (36), Rivers (27), Edo (19), Kano (13), Ogun (12), Ebonyi (11), Nasarawa (8), Delta (8), Oyo (7), Plateau (6), Kaduna (5), Kwara (4), Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa recorded (3) each, Niger (2), and Anambra (1).

MackenzieSkyBlog understands that Nigeria has now recorded a total number of 7,839 COVID-19 cases, 2,263 infected persons have been treated and discharged, with 226 death cases recorded so far.

313 new cases of #COVID19;

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 pic.twitter.com/9xnlCpT902

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 24, 2020