Nigeria's COVID-19 Cases now 7,839 as NCDC records 313 New Cases

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has reported 313 new cases of the novel corona virus pandemic, globally known as COVID-19 as total confirmed cases now 7,839 across 34 states and the Federal Capital City Abuja, with the exception of Kogi and Cross River states.

The 313 new cases were reported from 17 states and they include: Lagos (148), FCT (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 (3), Bayelsa (3), Niger (2), Anambra (1).

So far, the country has recorded 44,458 sample tested, 5,350 active cases, 2,263 discharged cases and 226 death as at 24th May, 2020.

SUMMARY OF CASES IN NIGERIA

Samples Tested 44,458

Confirmed Cases 7,839

Active Cases 5,350

Discharged Cases 2,263

Death 226

CONFIRMED CASES IN STATES

Lagos 3,505    2,805 658 42

Kano 896 727 133 36

FCT 505 347 144 14

Katsina 308 243 51 14

Borno 250 81 144 25

Jigawa 241 159 78 4

Oyo 240 178 58 4

Bauchi 232 62 165 5

Ogun 231 123 101 7

Edo 191 126 58 7

Kaduna 189 68 116 5

Gombe 145 24 118 3

Rivers 116 78 30 8

Sokoto 116 12 90 14

Plateau 83 55 27 1

Kwara 79 44 34 1

Zamfara 76 8 63 5

Yobe 47 33 8 6

Nasarawa 46 26 18 2

Osun 42 5 33 4

Delta 39 19 13 7

Ebonyi 33 27 6 0

Kebbi 32 11 17 4

Niger 28 22 5 1

Adamawa 27 7 18 2

Akwa Ibom 24 9 13 2

Ondo 23 4 18 1

Ekiti 20 4 14 2

Enugu 18 12 6 0

Taraba 18 8 10 0

Bayelsa 11 5 6 0

Anambra 9 8 1 0

Imo 7 0 7 0

Abia 7 6 1 0

Benue 5 4 1 0