Nigeria’s Covid-19 Cases Sustain Upward Trend, With 239 New Infections

Nigeria has continued to record an upward trend in cases of Coronavirus with 239 new cases.

With this, the number of confirmed cases in Nigeria climbed to 4,151, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed on its Twitter handle on Saturday.

239 new cases of #COVID19;

97-Lagos
44-Bauchi
29-Kano
19-Katsina
17-Borno
7-FCT
6-Kwara
5-Oyo
3-Kaduna
3-Sokoto
2-Adamawa
2-Kebbi
2-Plateau
2-Ogun
1-Ekiti

4151 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 745
Deaths: 128 pic.twitter.com/tVlNJr4AjL

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 9, 2020

Lagos remains Nigeria’s epicenter of Covid-19 infection, with additional 97 cases reported.

According to NCDC the number of recovery climbed to 745, while 128 deaths have been recorded.