Nigeria has recorded 176 new COVID-19 cases with 95 infections recorded in Lagos.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known via a tweet late on Saturday.
The total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria now stand at 5,621.
The country’s death toll has increased to 176 and 1,472 has been discharged so far.
176 new cases of #COVID19;
95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176 pic.twitter.com/VBFAS6YQYJ— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 16, 2020