Nigeria Confirms 288 New Cases Of Covid-19, As Lagos Leads With Highest No. Of Cases

The Nigeria Center for disease control (NCDC) has reported a total number of 288 new cases of COVID-19 in the country



NCDC yesterday revealed that Lagos tops the highest number of case yesterday with 179 new cases.


Others states are, 20-Kaduna, 15-Katsina and Jigawa, 13-Borno, 11-Ogun, 8-Kano, 7-FCT, 4-Niger and Ekiti, 3-Oyo, Delta and Bauchi, 2-Kwara and Edo.








According to the center via it's verified twitter handle a total of 5445 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, 1320 discharged with 171 deaths.


See breakdown below

288 new cases of #COVID19;

179-Lagos
20-Kaduna
15-Katsina
15-Jigawa
13-Borno
11-Ogun
8-Kano
7-FCT
4-Niger
4-Ekiti
3-Oyo
3-Delta
3-Bauchi
2-Kwara
1-Edo

5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1320
Deaths: 171 pic.twitter.com/WOllJ4pGlc

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 15, 2020

On the 14th of May, 4 cases reported from Plateau & 1 case from Akwa Ibom, were repeat cases

Therefore Plateau has a total of 21
cases and Akwa Ibom has a total of 16 cases

We apologise to this State Governments for this error & remain committed to ensuring accurate reporting pic.twitter.com/6ZnkPUPPst

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 15, 2020