BREAKING: Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Near 3,000 As NCDC Reports 148 New Infections

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday reported 148 new COVID-19 cases in the country.

This brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 2,950.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle.

148 new cases of #COVID19;

43-Lagos
32-Kano
14-Zamfara
10-FCT
9-Katsina
7-Taraba
6-Borno
6-Ogun
5-Oyo
3-Edo
3-Kaduna
3-Bauchi
2-Adamawa
2-Gombe
1-Plateau
1-Sokoto
1-Kebbi

2950 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 481
Deaths: 98 pic.twitter.com/0WhwE3fe4V

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 5, 2020