Coronavirus kills 8 Nigerians in 24 hours as toll hits 11,516

Nigeria’s coronavirus toll has soared to 11,516 on Thursday night, with 350 new cases. The death toll also went up from 315 to 323, indicating that eight COVID-19 patients died in the last 24 hour cycle.

The fresh figures released by NCDC covered 19 states and the FCT Abuja. Lagos registered one third of the cases with 102 confirmed cases while ogun has 34 and the FCT 29. Borno reported 26 cases, Kaduna 23, Rivers 21 and Ebonyi 17.

350 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-102
Ogun-34
FCT-29
Borno-26
Kaduna-23
Rivers-21
Ebonyi-17
Kwara -16
Katsina-14
Edo-10
Delta-10
Kano-10
Bauchi-10
Bayelsa-9
Imo-8
Plateau-4
Ondo-3
Nasarawa-2
Gombe-1
Oyo-1

11516 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3535
Deaths: 323 pic.twitter.com/hiWLGxMLLr

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 4, 2020

Here is the breakdown of the new figures:

Lagos-102
Ogun-34
FCT-29
Borno-26
Kaduna-23
Rivers-21
Ebonyi-17
Kwara -16
Katsina-14
Edo-10
Delta-10
Kano-10
Bauchi-10
Bayelsa-9
Imo-8
Plateau-4
Ondo-3
Nasarawa-2
Gombe-1
Oyo-1

11516 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3535
Deaths: 323

Meanwhile, governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu yesterday said that 24 COVID-19 patients of the 5,440 cases were discharged from isolation centres, in Lagos today.

He said they were discharged in line with NCDC guidelines, after testing negative twice to the virus. Lagos, so far, has discharged 952 patients.

”Good people of Lagos State, today, 24 more COVID-19 patients fully recovered”, Sanwo-Olu said. “Fifteen males and nine females –all Nigerians were discharged from the Onikan, Gbagada, Agidingbi and Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation facilities to reunite with society.

”The patients, four from Onikan, one from Gbagada, one from Agidingbi and 18 from LUTH isolation centres were discharged having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID-19. With this, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos State has risen to 952,” the governor said.