Posted by Amarachi on Tue 12th May, 2020 - tori.ng
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control has announced 242 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country thus increasing the total number to 4641.
242 New Cases Of COVID-19 Recorded In Nigeria
According to Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 88 cases were recorded in Lagos, 64 in Kano, 49 in Katsina, 13 in Kaduna, 9 in Ogun, 6 in Gombe, 4 in Adamawa, 3 in FCT, 1 in Ondo, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Rivers, 1 in Zamfara, 1 in Borno and 1 in Bauchi State.
The officials also rectified an error it made in its announcement on the 10th of April . According to the health agency, they erroneously announced two new deaths instead of one in Nasarawa State.
In total, Nigeria now has 4641 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 902 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 150 deaths have been recorded.