176 Fresh Cases Of COVID-19 Confirmed In Nigeria

Nigeria has confirmed 176 new cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19.

This was disclosed in a tweet by the official twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

176 new cases of #COVID19;

95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara

5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176 pic.twitter.com/VBFAS6YQYJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 16, 2020

So far, 1472 patients have been discharged in the country while 176 deaths have been recorded.