Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has recorded 148 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.
In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 2, 950 confirmed cases of the lethal virus as at Tuesday.
Lagos lead the way with a whooping 45 cases from the 148 fresh cases added on Tuesday.
As at 23:45 on Tuesday, Nigeria had recorded 481 recoveries and a total of 98 dead cases so far.
148 new cases of #COVID19;
43-Lagos
32-Kano
14-Zamfara
10-FCT
9-Katsina
7-Taraba
6-Borno
6-Ogun
5-Oyo
3-Edo
3-Kaduna
3-Bauchi
2-Adamawa
2-Gombe
1-Plateau
1-Sokoto
1-Kebbi2950 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 481
Deaths: 98 pic.twitter.com/0WhwE3fe4V
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 5, 2020
