BREAKING: Nigeria records highest ever new cases of coronavirus, see breakdown for each state

Nigeria has recorded new cases of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, the highest new cases ever.

Onyxnews Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) broke this news that 553 new cases of raging COVID-19 has been detected in Nigeria, making the total number of cases of the deadly disease 9855 in the country.

This reliable online news platform understands that the NCDC confirmed 553 new cases of COVID-19 via the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Saturday night, May 30.

NCDC recorded of the 553 COVID-19 cases confirmed on Saturday night, 378 were detected in Lagos, FCT-52 Delta-23 Edo-22 Rivers-14 Ogun-13 Kaduna-12 Kano-9 Borno-7 Katsina-6 Jigawa-5 Oyo-5 Yobe-3 Plateau-3 Osun-1, South west of Nigeria.

NCDC tweeted: “553 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-378 FCT-52 Delta-23 Edo-22 Rivers-14 Ogun-13 Kaduna-12 Kano-9 Borno-7 Katsina-6 Jigawa-5 Oyo-5 Yobe-3 Plateau-3 Osun-1 9855 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 2856 Deaths: 273.

553 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-378
FCT-52
Delta-23
Edo-22
Rivers-14
Ogun-13
Kaduna-12
Kano-9
Borno-7
Katsina-6
Jigawa-5
Oyo-5
Yobe-3
Plateau-3
Osun-1

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9855 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 2856
Deaths: 273 pic.twitter.com/uIP0zHQeEE

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 30, 2020

For breakdown by state, see here

Meanwhile, with the new cases of five hundred and fifty three (553), death cases are two hundred and seventy three (273) and dicharged cases are two thousand, eight hundred and fifty six (2856), so the total cases of the deadly virus in Nigeria as of Saturday night, 30 May 2020 is nine thousand, eight hundred and fifty five (9855).