BY LEVI JOHNSON
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has on Tuesday said that Nigeria on 26 May recorded 276 new cases of COVID-19.
hile Lagos State in the breakdown recorded 161 new cases, other states with new cases include Rivers with 36, Edo with 27, Kaduna with 19, Nasarawa with 10, and Oyo with six.
There were also four new cases found in Kano, three each in Delta and Ebonyi, two in Gombe and one each in Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Abia, and Bauchi.
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The number of discharged cases rose from 2,311 on Monday to 2,385. However, 16 more deaths were recorded, taking the nation’s toll to 249.
276 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-161
Rivers-36
Edo-27
Kaduna-19
Nasarawa-10
Oyo-6
Kano-4
Delta-3
Ebonyi-3
Gombe-2
Ogun-1
Ondo-1
Borno-1
Abia-1
Bauchi-1
8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2385
Deaths: 249#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Xl7QefqAWQ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2020
