COVID-19 exceeds 7000 in Nigeria as new cases emerge

Nigeria has recorded new cases of ravaging coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the country, as number of cases exceeded 7000.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 339 new cases of deadly pandemic has been recorded in Nigeria, making the total number of cases of the raging virus 7016 in the country.

This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC made the announcement via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday night, May 21.

NCDC said on Twitter that: “339 new cases of #COVID19; 139-Lagos 28-Kano 28-Oyo 25-Edo 22-Katsina 18-Kaduna 14-Jigawa 13-Yobe 13-Plateau 11-FCT 8-Gombe 5-Ogun 4-Bauchi 4-Nasarawa 3-Delta 2-Ondo 1-Rivers 1-Adamawa 7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 1907 Deaths: 211.”

339 new cases of #COVID19;

139-Lagos
28-Kano
28-Oyo
25-Edo
22-Katsina
18-Kaduna
14-Jigawa
13-Yobe
13-Plateau
11-FCT
8-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Bauchi
4-Nasarawa
3-Delta
2-Ondo
1-Rivers
1-Adamawa

7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1907
Deaths: 211 pic.twitter.com/tSmPZvB7gs

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 21, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

With the new cases of three hundred and thirty nine (339), death cases are two hundred and eleven (211) and dicharged cases are one thousand, nine hundred and seven (1907), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as at Thursday night, 21 May 2020 is 7016.