Nigeria COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Surpass 10,000

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country is now 10,162 as 307 new cases have been confirmed.

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

307 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-188
FCT-44
Ogun-19
Kaduna-14
Oyo-12
Bayelsa-9
Gombe-5
Kano-3
Delta-3
Imo-2
Rivers-2
Niger-2
Bauchi-2
Plateau-1
Kwara-1

10162 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3007
Deaths: 287#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/YKOiX7aMA5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 31, 2020

A breakdown of cases on a state by state basis shows Lagos as the epicentre of infections in the country with 4,943. In second place is Kano with 954 cases.