NCDC Confirms 288 Fresh Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria

Nigeria has recorded 288 new cases of the novel coronavirus.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.

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

Lagos remains the epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic in Nigeria with 2,099 confirmed cases, 541 recoveries and 33 deaths.