NCDC Reports 339 New COVID-19 Cases —139 In Lagos, Total Now 7,016

Nigeria has recorded 339 fresh COVID-19 cases bringing the total to 7,016.

Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with 139.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known on Thursday.

It also reported that 11 deaths were recorded within the last 24 hours bringing the country’s total fatalities from COVID-19 to 211.

The Centre said Lagos recorded 139 new cases, Kano and Oyo 28 each, Edo 25, Katsina 22, Kaduna 18, Jigawa 14, Yobe and Plateau 13 each, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 11, Gombe eight, Ogun five, Bauchi and Nasarawa four each, Delta three, Ondo two, while Rivers and Adamawa one each.

339 new cases of #COVID19;

139-Lagos
28-Kano
28-Oyo
25-Edo
22-Katsina
18-Kaduna
14-Jigawa
13-Yobe
13-Plateau
11-FCT
8-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Bauchi
4-Nasarawa
3-Delta
2-Ondo
1-Rivers
1-Adamawa

7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1907
Deaths: 211 pic.twitter.com/tSmPZvB7gs

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 21, 2020