The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday recorded 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections in Nigeria to 3912.
The NCDC also said that 10 new patients have been confirmed dead to the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 117.
GIOTV reports that at this is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country.
NCDC said that cases have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
According to it, on May 8, 2020, 386 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
NCDC highlighted that the 386 new cases were reported from 20 states – Lagos (176), Kano(65), Katsina (31), FCT(20), Borno(17), Bauchi(15), Nasarawa (14), Ogun(13), Plateau(10), Oyo(4), Sokoto(4), Rivers(4), Kaduna(3), Edo(2), Ebonyi(2), Ondo(2), Enugu(1), Imo(1), Gombe(1), Osun(1).
Cross River and Kogi states remain the only states that have not recorded COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.
While Lagos remains the epicenter of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 1,667 confirmed cases out of 3912 across Nigeria.
The reports starting after the ease of lockdown in Lagos and Abuja show that Nigeria has recorded 1,354 new cases of COVID-19 and 30 new deaths in five days. While 279 patients have been treated and discharged from isolation centers across the country.
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