I91 Nigerians killed by Coronavirus as cases surpasses 6000

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have soared above 6,000, with the release of 216 fresh cases on Monday by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

216 new cases of #COVID19;

74-Lagos
33-Katsina
19-Oyo
17-Kano
13-Edo
10-Zamfara
8-Ogun
8-Gombe
8-Borno
7-Bauchi
7-Kwara
4-FCT
3-Kaduna
3-Enugu
2-Rivers

6175 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1644
Deaths: 191 pic.twitter.com/FbcGTJ06iE

— NCDC (@NCDCgov)

May 18, 2020 “>According to the NCDC, confirmed Coronavirus infections in Nigeria now stood at 6,175.

As usual, Lagos topped the chat of new infections with 74 new cases, Kaduna, 33 fresh cases and Oyo, 19 new cases.

Also, Kano recorded 17 new cases; Edo, 13 cases; Zamfara, 10 cases; while Ogun, Gombe and Borno recorded eight cases each.

Others are: Bauchi and Kwara, seven cases each; FCT, four cases; Kaduna and Enugu, three cases each and Rivers, two cases.

Nine deaths were recorded on Monday, taking the overall deaths to 191.

The total number of patients who survived the pandemic so far and discharged stand at 1,644.

How States Stand

74-Lagos
33-Katsina
19-Oyo
17-Kano
13-Edo
10-Zamfara
8-Ogun
8-Gombe
8-Borno
7-Bauchi
7-Kwara
4-FCT
3-Kaduna
3-Enugu
2-Rivers