The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday reported 386 cases of COVID-19 from 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory, bringing the country total from 3, 526 recorded on Thursday to 3,912.
The agency said the new cases were from Lagos, Kano, Katsina Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Borno, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ogun, Plateau, Oyo, Sokoto, Rivers, Kaduna, Edo, Ebonyi, Ondo, Enugu, Imo, Gombe and Osun states.
NCDC said on May 8, a total of 386 new COVID-19 cases and four deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 3912 cases have been confirmed, 679 cases have been discharged and 117 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The 386 new cases are reported from 20 states: Lagos – 176, Kano – 65, Katsina – 31, FCT – 20, Borno – 17, Bauchi – 15, Nasarawa – 14, Ogun – 13, Plateau – 10, Oyo – 4 Sokoto – 4, Rivers – 4, Kaduna – 3, Edo – 2, Ebonyi – 2, Ondo – 2, Enugu – 1, Imo – 1, Gombe – 1, Osun – 1.
Lagos State remains the epicentre of the pandemic while the Kano and Borno tallies have continued to increase significantly.
Nigeria has so far tested 23,835 persons since the beginning of the pandemic in the country.
A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 3,912 infections have been reported in Nigeria since the index case in February. Of that number, 2,950 cases are still active, 679 have recovered and have been discharged, and 127 deaths have been reported.
A breakdown of the 3,526 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 1,226 cases, followed by Kano – 547, FCT – 336, Borno – 147, Gombe – 110, Katsina – 137, Bauchi – 117, Ogun – 113, Kaduna – 93, Sokoto – 94, Jigawa – 83, Edo – 68, Zamfara – 65.Oyo – 59, Osun – 38, Kwara – 28, Kebbi – 18, Delta – 17, Akwa Ibom – 17, , Taraba – 15, Rivers – 21, Adamawa – 15, Yobe – 13, Ondo – 15, Ekiti – 12, Nasarawa – 11, Enugu – 10, Niger – 9, Bayelsa – 5, Ebonyi – 7, Plateau – 15, Benue – 2, Imo – 3, Abia – 2, Anambra – 1.
