Nigeria Records 265 New Covid-19 Cases, Total Now 7,526

Nigeria has recorded 265 new Coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 7,526.

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

A total of 2,174 people have been treated and discharged while 221 people have died from the virus.

Out of the 265 cases, 133, 34 and 28 cases were recorded for Lagos, Oyo and Edo states respectively.

265 new cases of #COVID19;

133-Lagos
34-Oyo
28-Edo
23-Ogun
22-FCT
6-Plateau
5-Kaduna
3-Borno
3-Niger
2-Kwara
2-Bauchi
2-Anambra
2-Enugu

7526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2174
Deaths: 221 pic.twitter.com/92btuBX9tv

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 23, 2020