Nigeria reported 339 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday bringing the country’s tally of confirmed cases rose to 7,016.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) which announced in its late tweet said nine persons were confirmed dead from the virus.
It said the 338 new cases were reported in 18 states: Lagos, Kano, Oyo, Edo, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, Yobe, Plateau, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gombe, Ogun, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers, and Adamawa.
“On May 21, 339 new confirmed cases and nine deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“Till date, 7,016 cases have been confirmed, 1907 cases have been discharged and 211 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, the agency tweeted.
“The 339 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos – 139, Kano – 28, Oyo – 28, Edo – 25, Katsina – 22, Kaduna – 18, ‘Jigawa – 14, Yobe – 13, Plateau – 13, FCT – 11, Gombe – 8, Ogun – 5, Bauchi – 4, Nasarawa – 4, Delta – 3, Ondo – 2, Rivers – 1, Adamawa – 1,” said the NCDC
A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 1, 907 have recovered and have been discharged, and 211 deaths have been reported.
A breakdown of the 7,016 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3,093 cases, followed by Kano – 875, FCT – 446, Katsina – 303, Bauchi – 228, Borno – 227, Jigawa – 225, Ogun – 183, Oyo – 190, Kaduna – 170, Gombe – 144, Edo – 144, Sokoto – 113, Rivers – 80, Zamfara – 76, Kwara – 66, Plateau – 70, Osun – 42, Nasarawa – 38, Yobe – 45, Kebbi – 32, Delta – 31, Adamawa – 27, Niger – 22, Ondo – 22, Ekiti – 20, Akwa Ibom – 18, Taraba – 18, Enugu – 16, Ebonyi – 13, Imo – 7, Bayelsa – 7, Abia – 7, Benue – 5, and Anambra – 5.
NCDC also announced that to limit transmission of the virus, the centre was training healthcare workers to practise standard care precautions at all times.
