Nigeria Records 265 Cases, Toll Now 7, 526

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 265 new cases of the novel coronavirus pandemic worldtopnewsng.com can confirm.

In an official tweet by the NCDC, Nigeria now has 7, 526 confirmed cases of the deadly virus as at Saturday.

Lagos lead the way with a whopping 133 cases from the 265 fresh cases added on Saturday.

As at 23:51 on Saturday, Nigeria had recorded 2, 174 recoveries and a total of 221 dead cases so far.

265 new cases of #COVID19;

133-Lagos
34-Oyo
28-Edo
23-Ogun
22-FCT
6-Plateau
5-Kaduna
3-Borno
3-Niger
2-Kwara
2-Bauchi
2-Anambra
2-Enugu

7526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2174
Deaths: 221 pic.twitter.com/92btuBX9tv

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 23, 2020