Nigeria Records 339 New Coronavirus Cases, Death Toll Hits Over 200 – NCDC

by Damilare Salami May 22, 2020

written by Damilare Salami May 22, 2020

A total of 339 new coronavirus infections were recorded on Thursday, raising the country’s total to beyond 7,000.

Lagos reported 139 of the new infections and Kano 28, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said.

Oyo also reported 28 new infections.

Other states reported a lower number of infections:

25-Edo
22-Katsina
18-Kaduna
14-Jigawa
13-Yobe
13-Plateau
11-FCT
8-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Bauchi
4-Nasarawa
3-Delta
2-Ondo
1-Rivers
1-Adamawa

The country’s total stands at 7,016.

339 new cases of #COVID19;

139-Lagos
28-Kano
28-Oyo
25-Edo
22-Katsina
18-Kaduna
14-Jigawa
13-Yobe
13-Plateau
11-FCT
8-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Bauchi
4-Nasarawa
3-Delta
2-Ondo
1-Rivers
1-Adamawa

7016 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1907
Deaths: 211 pic.twitter.com/tSmPZvB7gs
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 21, 2020

Fresh discharges raised the number of people discharged from hospital to 1,907.

The death toll stands at 211.

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Damilare Salami

Oluwadamilare Joseph Salami is a trained broadcast journalist with a special love for writing. His passion is to become a renowned writer and broadcaster within the shortest time possible. He has written a good number of articles, hosted a few online tv programmes and is the current Brands & Products editor at City People Magazine.

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