Nigeria Records 5 Deaths, 176 New Cases Of COVID-19, Toll Now 5, 621

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 176 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 5, 621 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Saturday.

Lagos lead the way with a whopping 95 cases from the 176 fresh cases added on Saturday.

As at 23:56 on Saturday, Nigeria had recorded 1, 472 recoveries and a total of 176 dead cases so far.

176 new cases of #COVID19;

95-Lagos
31-Oyo
11-FCT
8-Niger
8-Borno
6-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Anambra
2-Edo
2-Rivers
2-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
1-Benue
1-Zamfara

5621 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1472
Deaths: 176 pic.twitter.com/VBFAS6YQYJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 16, 2020