COVID-19: Nigeria records 338 new cases, total confirmed nears 6,000

 

BY NICHOLAS ABE

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The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that 338 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country on Sunday, May 17, 2020.

The agency also announced six new COVID-19 related deaths.

“Till date, 5,959 cases have been confirmed, 1,594 cases have been discharged and 182 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” the NCDC published on its website.

Cross River and Kogi states are still without any case of coronavirus out of the 36 states of the federation.

The 338 new cases were reported as follows: Lagos (177), Kano (64), FCT (21), Rivers (16), Plateau (14), Oyo (11), Katsina (9), Jigawa (4), Kaduna (4), Abia (3), Bauchi (3), Borno (3),Gombe (2), Akwa Ibom (2), Delta (2), Ondo (1), Kebbi (1) and Sokoto (1).