Nigeria COVID-19 case total now 3,526, with 318 new cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 381 new cases of COVID-19 in an update on the status of the pandemic in the country.

In a tweet late Thursday night, the NCDC listed the newly reported cases by state, with Lagos, Kano and Jigawa having the highest number of newly confirmed incidences at 183, 55 and 44 cases, respectively.

381 new cases of #COVID19;

183-Lagos
55-Kano
44-Jigawa
19-Zamfara
19-Bauchi
11-Katsina
9-Borno
8-Kwara
7-Kaduna
6-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Sokoto
3-Oyo
3-Rivers
2-Niger
1-Akwa Ibom
1-Enugu
1-Plateau
3526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 601
Deaths: 107 pic.twitter.com/H5ouYwO9Cj
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 7, 2020

The total number of discharged cases have risen to 601 and deaths now stand at 107.

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