Nigeria Records 148 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Now 2,950
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 148 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Tuesday.
The new figure brings the total number of infections in the country to 2,950, with five new deaths in the last 24 hours.
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The figure also indicated that the country recorded 67 new recoveries from the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 481.
The Centre said that the 148 new cases were recorded from in states.
“43-Lagos, 32-Kano, 14-Zamfara, 10-FCT, 9-Katsina, 7-Taraba, 6 each in Borno and Ogun, 5-Oyo, 3 each in Edo, Kaduna and Bauchi, 2 each in Adamawa and Gombe, while one each in Plateau, Sokoto and Kebbi States,” it said.
According to NCDC, as at 11;40 p.m. May 5, 2020, Nigeria has 2371 Active Cases of COVID-19.
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The number of infections has witnessed significant increase recently due to NCDC’s increased testing capacity across the country.
The agency had activated its multi-partner, multi-sectoral Operations Centre (EOC) to coordinate response activities against Coronavirus across states of the country.
