Thursday, 14 May 2020

Nigeria records 184 new COVID-19 cases, total now 4,971

Nigeria recorded recorded 184 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday.


The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on its website.

The 184 new cases are reported from 22 states- Lagos(51), Jigawa(23), Bauchi(16), Katsina(16), Kano(14), FCT(10), Rivers(10), Kwara (9), Delta(5), Kaduna(5),  Sokoto (4), Oyo(4), Kebbi(3), Nasarawa (3), Osun(3), Ondo(2), Ebonyi(1), Edo(1), Enugu (1), Anambra(1), Plateau (1), Niger (1).

It said the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country has increased to 4,971.


Data from the centre’s website showed that six new COVID-19 fatalities were recorded in the country.

Also, 111 patients were discharged after testing negative twice for the virus, making the total number of recoveries rise to 1070.