COVID-19 Pandemic Update: NCDC Reports 226 New Cases Totalling 6401

The Nigeria centre for disease Control NCDC has reported 2  New cases of the coronavirus in the country bringing the total number of cases to 70 .

The agency made this known in a tweet today saying Lagos state recorded the highest number of cases with 131 while Ogun has 25 and plateau has 15 among others.

The NCDC puts the number of discharged cases at 1734  while the death figure now stands at 192

226 new cases of #COVID19;

131-Lagos
25-Ogun
15-Plateau
11-Edo
7-Kaduna
6-Oyo
5-FCT
5-Adamawa
4-Jigawa
4-Ebonyi
4-Borno
3-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
2-Gombe
1-Enugu
1-Bayelsa

6401 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1734
Deaths: 192 pic.twitter.com/KJeNRAKFVG

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 19, 2020

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