BREAKING: Nigeria Records 248 New COVID-19 Cases

Nigeria has recorded 248 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 4,399.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in a tweet on sunday night.  

A total of 778 people have been treated and discharged while 143 people have died from the virus.

Lagos remains the state with the highest number of infections, with 81 new infections as at Sunday evening.

248 new cases of #COVID19;

81-Lagos
35-Jigawa
26-Borno
26-Kano
20-Bauchi
13-FCT
12-Edo
10-Sokoto
7-Zamfara
4-Kwara
4-Kebbi
2-Gombe
2-Taraba
2-Ogun
2-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Bayelsa

4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 778
Deaths: 143 pic.twitter.com/EXkXbq690g

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020