Nigeria announces 170 coronavirus cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 170 coronavirus cases were confirmed on Sunday across the country.

The Centre for Disease Control also reported that five patients were discharged and two deaths recorded on Sunday.

Lagos accounted for 39 cases while Kano recorded 29 and Ogun recorded 24.

This takes the total number of confirmed cases to 2558 with 400 patients discharged and 87 deaths.

According to the NCDC, “170 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded with 39-Lagos, 29-Kano, 24-Ogun, 18-Bauchi, 15-Kaduna, 12-FCT, 12-Sokoto, 8-Katsina, 7-Borno, 3-Nasarawa, 2-Adamawa and 1-Oyo.

• Nigeria announces 220 coronavirus cases

170 new cases of #COVID19;

39-Lagos
29-Kano
24-Ogun
18-Bauchi
15-Kaduna
12-FCT
12-Sokoto
8-Katsina
7-Borno
3-Nasarawa
2-Adamawa
1-Oyo

2558 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 400
Deaths: 87 pic.twitter.com/oy3zTQ1hAy

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 3, 2020