Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Top 9,000, Death Toll Now 261

Nigeria has recorded 387 new COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 9,302 Infections, odunews.com reports.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Can on Friday made the announcement via its twitter handle.

The centre noted that the COVID-19 related death toll in the country now stands at 261.

Lagos recorded the highest cases with 254 infections followed by FCT, Jigawa and Edo states with 29, 24 and 22 cases respectively.

Other states where new cases were recorded are: Oyo (15), Rivers(14), Kaduna(11), Borno(6), Kano (3), Plateau, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi (2 each) and Ondo (1).

387 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-254
FCT-29
Jigawa-24
Edo-22
Oyo-15
Rivers-14
Kaduna-11
Borno-6
Kano-3
Plateau-2
Yobe-2
Gombe-2
Bauchi-2
Ondo-1

9302 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 2697
Deaths: 261 pic.twitter.com/Pmmurht8H8

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 29, 2020

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