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Number of Covid-19 cases in Nigeria jumps to 7,016

Last updated: May 22, 2020 11:00 am
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 339 new Covid-19 infections in 18 states. This has seen a rise in the total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in the country from 6,677 to 7, 016 in the last 24 hours.

The new cases include 139 in Lagos, 28 in Kano, 28 in Oyo, 25 in Edo, 22 in Katsina,18 in Kaduna, 14 in Jigawa, 13 each in Yobe and Plateau States.

Others include 11 in FCT, 8 in Gombe, 5 in Ogun, 4 each in Bauchi and Nasarawa, 3 in Delta, 2 in Ondo, 1 each in Rivers and Adamawa States.

Also Read: Lagos State expects second wave of Covid-19 infections

Meanwhile, 67 Covid-19 patients have been discharged across the country with 11 new deaths.

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

(Editor: Terverr Tyav)

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