NCDC confirms 381 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria

 

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 381 new confirmed cases and four COVID-19 related deaths in Nigeria as of the 7th of May 2020.

The NCDC also said 22,492 samples have been tested across the country. From Thursday update published by the agency, Cross River and Kogi states have remained without any case of coronavirus.

“Till date, 3,526 cases have been confirmed, 601 cases have been discharged and 107 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory,” NCDC stated on its COVID-19 micro site.

The 381 new cases are reported from 17 states and the FCT, in the following order: Lagos (183), Kano (55), Jigawa (44), Zamfara (19), Borno (9), Bauchi (19), Katsina (11), Kwara (8), Kaduna (7), Gombe (6), Ogun (5), Sokoto (4), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Niger (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Enugu (1) and Plateau (1).