Nigeria Confirms 248 New COVID-19 Cases, 17 Deaths

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 248 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 4,399.


According to the agency, Nigeria also recorded 17 more deaths from the pandemic, taking the country’s death toll to 143 with total recoveries rising to 778.

Eighty-one of the new cases were in Lagos State, 35 in Jigawa, while Borno and Kano states each had 26 new confirmed cases.

Twenty new cases were confirmed for Bauchi, 13 in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, 12 in Edo, 10 in Sokoto and seven in Zamfara.

Kwara and Kebbi each had four new cases; Gombe, Taraba, Ogun and Ekiti each had two cases, while Osun and Bayelsa had a case each.

    248 new cases of #COVID19;’

    81-Lagos
    35-Jigawa
    26-Borno
    26-Kano
    20-Bauchi
    13-FCT
    12-Edo
    10-Sokoto
    7-Zamfara
    4-Kwara
    4-Kebbi
    2-Gombe
    2-Taraba
    2-Ogun
    2-Ekiti
    1-Osun
    1-Bayelsa

    4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
    Discharged: 778
    Deaths: 143 pic.twitter.com/EXkXbq690g

    — NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020