BREAKING: Nigeria records high cases of COVID-19 as total number of cases jump up again

Nigeria has recorded high number of new cases of ravaging COVID-19 pandemic in the country, as total number of cases jumped up again Onyxnews Nigeria can report.

This reliable online news platform also reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 338 fresh cases of the deadly pandemic has been recorded in Nigeria, making the total number of cases of the virus 5959 in the country.

Onyxnews Nigeria understands that the NCDC made the announcement via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday night, May 17.

NCDC tweeted: “338 new cases of #COVID19; 177-Lagos 64-Kano 21-FCT 16-Rivers 14-Plateau 11-Oyo 9-Katsina 4-Jigawa 4-Kaduna 3-Abia 3-Bauchi 3-Borno 2-Gombe 2-Akwa Ibom 2-Delta 1-Ondo 1-Kebbi 1-Sokoto 5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1594 Deaths: 182.”

338 new cases of #COVID19;

177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto

5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182 pic.twitter.com/1nC9HjskN3

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 17, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

With the new cases of three hundred and thirty eight (338), death cases are one hundred and eighty two (182) and dicharged cases are one thousand, five hundred and ninty four (1594), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as at Sunday night, 17 May 2020 is 5959