BREAKING: Coronavirus cases hit over 8000 in Nigeria, see breakdown for each state

Nigeria has recorded new cases of deadly coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic in the country, Onyxnews Nigeria reports.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement that 229 new cases of deadly pandemic has been detected in Nigeria, making the total number of cases of the deadly virus 8068 in the country.

This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC confirmed 229 new cases of COVID-19 via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday night, May 25.

NCDC recorded of the 229 COVID-19 cases confirmed on Monday night, 90 were detected in Lagos, Katsina-27 Imo-26 Kano-23 FCT-14 Plateau-12 Ogun-9 Delta-7 Borno-5 Rivers-5 Oyo-4 Gombe-3 Osun-2 Anambra-1 Bayelsa-1, South South Nigeria.

NCDC tweeted: “229 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-90 Katsina-27 Imo-26 Kano-23 FCT-14 Plateau-12 Ogun-9 Delta-7 Borno-5 Rivers-5 Oyo-4 Gombe-3 Osun-2 Anambra-1 Bayelsa-1 8068 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria Discharged: 2311 Deaths: 233.”

229 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-90
Katsina-27
Imo-26
Kano-23
FCT-14
Plateau-12
Ogun-9
Delta-7
Borno-5
Rivers-5
Oyo-4
Gombe-3
Osun-2
Anambra-1
Bayelsa-1

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8068 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2311
Deaths: 233 pic.twitter.com/7gTwYOOegz

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 25, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

Meanwhile, with the new cases of two hundred and twenty nine (229), death cases are two hundred and thirty three (233) and dicharged cases are two thousand, three hundred and eleven (2311), so the total cases of the disease in Nigeria as of Monday night, 25 May 2020 is eight thousand, sixty eight (8068).