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Nigeria records 176 new COVID-19 cases, total now 5,621
Nigeria on Saturday announced 176 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,621.
The cases were recorded in Lagos, Oyo, Jigawa, and 11 other states.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control [NCDC], in a statement on Twitter on Saturday, said,
NCDC said,
“On the 16th of May 2020, 176 new confirmed cases and five deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
“No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 5,621 cases have been confirmed, 1472 cases have been discharged and 176 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 176 new cases are reported from 14 states- Lagos(95), Oyo(31), FCT(11), Niger(8),Borno(8), Jigawa(6), Kaduna(4), Anambra(3), Edo(2), Rivers(2), Nasarawa(2), Bauchi(2),Benue(1), Zamfara(1).”
States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Cases (on admission) | No. Discharged | No. of Deaths |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lagos | 2,373 | 1,796 | 541 | 36 |
Kano | 761 | 633 | 93 | 35 |
FCT | 397 | 282 | 108 | 7 |
Katsina | 239 | 198 | 29 | 12 |
Bauchi | 212 | 140 | 69 | 3 |
Borno | 212 | 144 | 46 | 22 |
Jigawa | 197 | 135 | 59 | 3 |
Ogun | 145 | 73 | 67 | 5 |
Kaduna | 138 | 80 | 55 | 3 |
Gombe | 124 | 32 | 90 | 2 |
Sokoto | 112 | 46 | 53 | 13 |
Oyo | 107 | 77 | 28 | 2 |
Edo | 95 | 55 | 35 | 5 |
Zamfara | 74 | 35 | 34 | 5 |
Kwara | 58 | 45 | 12 | 1 |
Osun | 42 | 7 | 31 | 4 |
Rivers | 35 | 11 | 21 | 3 |
Yobe | 32 | 28 | 3 | 1 |
Nasarawa | 31 | 25 | 5 | 1 |
Kebbi | 31 | 10 | 17 | 4 |
Delta | 25 | 12 | 9 | 4 |
Niger | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 |
Plateau | 21 | 17 | 4 | |
Adamawa | 21 | 10 | 11 | |
Ekiti | 19 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Ondo | 19 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
Taraba | 17 | 16 | 1 | |
Akwa Ibom | 16 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
Enugu | 12 | 10 | 2 | |
Ebonyi | 9 | 8 | 1 | |
Imo | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
Bayelsa | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
Benue | 5 | 5 | ||
Anambra | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
Abia | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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