Fear as Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases near 9,000 with 182 new cases

There is palpable fear as Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases near 9,000. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)on Thursday announced 182 new COVID-19 cases in Nigeria increased the toll further to 8,915.

The new cases were confirmed by the NCDC  on Twitter.

This takes the country’s total infections to 8,915 out of which 2,592 have been discharged with 259 losing their lives.

Data from the NCDC showed that the cases were spread across 15 states and the FCT, with Lagos accounting for the highest number of infections for the day with 111 cases.

182 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-111
FCT-16
Akwa Ibom-10
Oyo-8
Kaduna-6
Delta-6
Rivers-5
Ogun-4
Ebonyi-4
Kano-3
Plateau-2
Gombe-2
Kebbi-1
Kwara-2
Bauchi-1
Borno-1

8915 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 2592
Deaths: 259 pic.twitter.com/j23D8XfjOk

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 28, 2020