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Nigeria records 245 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,802

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Nigeria has recorded 245 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,802.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), which made this known on its website on Monday, also said that the number of patients that have died from coronavirus-related complications have increased to 93.

It said, “On the 4th of May 2020, 245 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 2,802 cases have been confirmed, 417 cases have been discharged and 93 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 245 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos (76), Katsina (37), Kano (23), FCT (19), Jigawa (32), Borno (18), Edo (10), Bauchi (9), Adamawa (6) Oyo (5), Ogun (5), Ekiti (1), Osun (1), Benue (1), Niger (1), Zamfara (1).”

Confirmed cases by state

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 1,183 899 254 30
Kano 365 350 7 8
FCT 297 254 40 3
Borno 100 86 0 14
Gombe 96 96 0 0
Ogun 85 71 12 2
Katsina 83 70 6 7
Kaduna 81 70 10 1
Bauchi 80 74 6 0
Sokoto 66 57 1 8
Edo 62 48 10 4
Oyo 39 28 9 2
Jigawa 39 38 0 1
Osun 37 3 30 4
Delta 17 13 2 2
Akwa Ibom 16 4 10 2
Kwara 16 8 8 0
Rivers 14 10 2 2
Yobe 13 12 0 1
Ondo 13 10 3 0
Zamfara 13 12 0 1
Ekiti 12 9 2 1
Adamawa 12 12 0 0
Kebbi 12 12 0 0
Nasarawa 11 11 0 0
Enugu 8 6 2 0
Taraba 8 8 0 0
Ebonyi 5 5 0 0
Bayelsa 5 5 0 0
Niger 4 3 1 0
Plateau 3 3 0 0
Abia 2 1 1 0
Benue 2 2 0 0
Imo 2 2 0 0
Anambra 1 0 1 0


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