Nigeria has recorded 245 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,802.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its twitter handle on Monday.
245 new cases of #COVID19;
76-Lagos
37-Katsina
32-Jigawa
23-Kano
19-FCT
18-Borno
10-Edo
9-Bauchi
6-Adamawa
5-Oyo
5-Ogun
1-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Benue
1-Niger
1-Zamfara2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 417
Deaths: 93 pic.twitter.com/IkHR3dpcVV— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 4, 2020
It added that the number of patients that have died from coronavirus-related complications has increased to 93.

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