Nigeria has recorded additional 241 coronavirus cases according to the latest data released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The NCDC made the revelation during its nightly update on coronavirus in Nigeria via its Twitter handle on the 2 May 2020.
According to the centre, the total number of coronavirus infections in the country now stands at 10,819. The centre also stated that 3,239 COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from isolations centres across the country. COVID-19 is the disease caused by the coronavirus, known formally as SARS-Cov-2.
Meanwhile, 314 people have died from COVID-19 related complications. This means that the active number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigerians as of the night of Tuesday, 2 May 2020 was 7,266.
Disclosing the information, the NCDC tweets: “241 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-142, Oyo-15, FCT-13, Kano-12, Edo-11, Delta-10, Kaduna -9, Rivers-9, Borno-8, Jigawa-4, Gombe-3, Plateau-3, Osun-1 and Bauchi-1.
“10819 cases of #COVID19Nigeria, Discharged: 3239, Deaths: 314 #TakeResponsibility”
241 new cases of #COVID19;
Lagos-142
Oyo-15
FCT-13
Kano-12
Edo-11
Delta-10
Kaduna -9
Rivers-9
Borno-8
Jigawa-4
Gombe-3
Plateau-3
Osun-1
Bauchi-110819 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3239
Deaths: 314#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/VIRaG5lGiN— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 2, 2020
In a follow-up tweet, the NCDC also showed the distribution of confirmed coronavirus infections across the states in Nigeria.
From the data, Lagos State remains the state with the highest number of confirmed infection with 5,277 cases, Kano State comes a distant second with 970 cases while the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja is next with 687 cases. Cross River State remains the only state that has not recorded an infection. Click on the table to view the data for other states.
A breakdown of cases by state can be found via https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/WeofOmQ48W
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 2, 2020
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