Nigeria Confirms 17 Deaths, 220 New Cases Of COVID-19; Toll Now 2, 388

In an official tweet by The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Nigeria now has 2, 388 declared cases of the lethal virus as at Saturday.

Lagos lead the way with a whooping 62 cases from the 220 fresh cases added on Saturday.

As at 23:56 on Saturday, Nigeria had recorded 385 recoveries and a total of 85 dead cases so far.

220 new cases of #COVID19;

62-Lagos
52-FCT
31-Kaduna
13-Sokoto
10-Kebbi
9-Yobe
6-Borno
5-Edo
5-Bauchi
4-Gombe
4-Enugu
4-Oyo
3-Zamfara
2-Nasarawa
2-Osun
2-Ebonyi
2-Kwara
2-Kano
2-Plateau

2388 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 385
Deaths: 85 pic.twitter.com/06ZsNqpWU8

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 2, 2020