COVID-19 cases increase drastically as 226 new cases detected in Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded new cases of ravaging coronavirus pandemic in the country.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 226 new cases of deadly pandemic has been recorded in Nigeria, making the total number of cases of the raging virus 6401 in the country.

This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC made the announcement via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday night, May 19.

NCDC tweeted: “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″

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

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 19, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

With the new cases of two hundred and twenty six (226), death cases are one hundred and ninty two (192) and dicharged cases are one thousand, seven hundred and thirty four(1734), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as at Tuesday night, 19 May 2020 is 6401.