216 New Cases of COVID-19 Recorded in Nigeria as Buhari extends Lockdown ease in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun States
NCDC reported 216 news cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria as the country's total confirmed cases hits 6, 175 across 34 states and the FCT.
President Buhari has directed the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 to work closely with the state governors in order to achieve better result in the fight against the novel corona virus.
The 216 new cases were reported from 15 states- Lagos (74), Katsina (33), Oyo (19), Kano (17), Edo (13), Zamfara (10), Ogun (8), Borno (8), Gombe (8), Bauchi(7), Kwara (7), FCT (4), Kaduna (3), Enugu (3), Rivers (2) on 18th May, 2020.
The two weeks phase ease granted to Lagos state, Ogun state and the FCT Abuja has been extended for another two weeks.
Summary of COVID-19 Cases in Nigeria
Samples Tested 36,899
Confirmed Cases 6,175
Active Cases 4,340
Discharged Cases 1,644
Death 191
COVID-19 Confirmed Cases by States
States Affected
No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)
No. of Cases (on admission)
No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 2,624 2,030 556 38
Kano 842 695 111 36
FCT 422 305 108 9
Katsina 281 239 29 13
Borno 223 110 89 24
Bauchi 222 134 83 5
Jigawa 201 130 68 3
Ogun 153 78 69 6
Kaduna 145 85 57 3
Oyo 137 86 47 4
Gombe 134 40 92 2
Sokoto 113 29 71 13
Edo 108 68 35 5
Zamfara 84 34 45 5
Kwara 65 52 12 1
Rivers 53 29 21 3
Osun 42 7 31 4
Plateau 35 24 10 1
Yobe 32 28 3 1
Kebbi 32 11 17 4
Nasarawa 31 25 5 1
Delta 27 10 12 5
Niger 22 16 5 1
Adamawa 21 8 13 0
Ondo 20 6 13 1
Ekiti 19 5 13 1
Akwa Ibom 18 4 12 2
Taraba 17 16 1 0
Enugu 15 9 6 0
Ebonyi 9 8 1 0
Imo 7 5 2 0
Bayelsa 6 1 5 0
Anambra 5 4 1 0
Benue 5 5 0 0
Abia 5 4 1 0
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