Nigeria Records 8 Deaths, 146 New Cases Of COVID-19, Toll Now 4, 787

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 146 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 4, 787 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Monday.

Lagos lead the way with a whopping 57 cases from the 146 fresh cases added on Monday.

As at 23:54 on Monday, Nigeria had recorded 959 recoveries and a total of 158 dead cases so far.

146 new cases of #COVID19;

57-Lagos
27-Kano
10-Kwara
9-Edo
8-Bauchi
7-Yobe
4-Kebbi
4-Oyo
3-Katsina
3-Niger
2-Plateau
2-Borno
2-Sokoto
2-Benue
1-Gombe
1-Enugu
1-Ebonyi
1-Ogun
1-FCT
1-Rivers

4787 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 959
Deaths: 158 pic.twitter.com/vlqzSxqacq

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 12, 2020