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Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 7016 on Thursday

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  • Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Hit 7016 on Thursday

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 339 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as more people continue to test positive to the deadly virus.

The centre said, “On the 21st of May 2020, 339 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.”

“Till date, 7016 cases have been confirmed, 1907 cases have been discharged and 211 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.”

A further break down of the NCDC report shows the 339 new cases were confirmed in 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) and Adamawa (1).

Complete Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 3,093 2,471 582 40
Kano 875 716 123 36
FCT 446 290 142 14
Katsina 303 239 51 13
Borno 235 122 89 24
Bauchi 228 90 133 5
Jigawa 225 143 78 4
Oyo 190 137 49 4
Ogun 183 104 73 6
Kaduna 170 82 84 4
Edo 144 99 39 6
Gombe 144 49 92 3
Sokoto 113 25 75 13
Rivers 80 52 21 7
Zamfara 76 8 63 5
Plateau 70 55 14 1
Kwara 66 40 25 1
Yobe 45 39 5 1
Osun 42 5 33 4
Nasarawa 38 18 18 2
Kebbi 32 11 17 4
Delta 31 13 12 6
Adamawa 27 12 13 2
Ondo 22 6 15 1
Niger 22 16 5 1
Ekiti 20 5 13 2
Akwa Ibom 18 4 12 2
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Enugu 16 10 6 0
Ebonyi 13 12 1 0
Imo 7 0 7 0
Bayelsa 7 2 5 0
Abia 7 6 1 0
Benue 5 5 0 0
Anambra 5 4 1 0

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