The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed that the Covid-19 death toll in the country has risen to 249. This follows 16 new fatalities being the highest number of deaths to be recorded in one day in at least 2 weeks.
There are 276 new Covid-19 infections recorded 15 states with the total number of confirmed cases in the country now 8,344.
The new infections include Lagos-161, Rivers-36, Edo-27, Kaduna-19, Nasarawa-10, Oyo-6, Kano-4, Delta and Ebonyi-3 each, Gombe-2 and 1 each in Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Abia, Bauchi.
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The Centre also says 77 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours with the number of successfully treated cases now 2,285.
276 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-161
Rivers-36
Edo-27
Kaduna-19
Nasarawa-10
Oyo-6
Kano-4
Delta-3
Ebonyi-3
Gombe-2
Ogun-1
Ondo-1
Borno-1
Abia-1
Bauchi-1
8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2385
Deaths: 249#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Xl7QefqAWQ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2020(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
