NCDC Puts Nigeria’s New COVID-19 Infections Figure At 8,733

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

This brings the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 8,733.

The new cases were confirmed by the the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Twitter.

389 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-256
Katsina-23
Edo-22
Rivers-14
Kano-13
Adamawa-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-7
Kwara-6
Nasarawa-6
Gombe-2
Plateau-2
Abia-2
Delta-2
Benue-2
Niger-2
Kogi-2
Oyo-2
Imo-1
Borno-1
Ogun-1
Anambra-1

8733 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 2501
Deaths: 254 pic.twitter.com/zMOY2YKAX1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 27, 2020

Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria with 4,012 infections, 745 recoveries and 47 deaths.