The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 338 as confirmed cases of coronavirus for Sunday May 17, 2020. The figures were announced at 11.30pm on the verified twitter handle of the agency.
In the announcement, Lagos has the highest number of confirmed cases with 177 followed by Kano with 64 As second highest according to tally presented by NCDC.
Most of the states are from the North with few from the South. The total figure now is 5959 with 182 deaths and 1594 recovered from the coronavirus pandemic.
Nigeria has been recording increase in the confirmed cases since the first incase on February 27, 2020.
338 new cases of #COVID19;
177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto
5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182
