284 New Cases Of Coronavirus Recorded In Nigeria

Nigeria records 284 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on the 20th of May, 2020, bringing the total number of confirmed cases at 6677.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shared the break down of the new cases found in Nigeria on Wednesday and Lagos had the highest recorded cases, followed by Rivers state.

284 new cases of coronavirus recorded in Nigeria, the highest number of cases found in Lagos

According to the report, Lagos recorded 199 new cases, Rivers 26 and Oyo 19.

See full break down below.

284 new cases of #COVID19;

199-Lagos

26-Rivers

19-Oyo

8-FCT

8-Borno

7-Plateau

6-Jigawa

5-Kano

2-Abia

1-Ekiti

1-Delta

1-Kwara

1-Taraba

6677 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 1840

Deaths: 200

On the 18th of May, 8 new cases in Zamfara were erroneously announced

Therefore, as at the 20th of May 2020, Zamfara has recorded a total of 76 confirmed cases

We apologise to @Zamfara_state for this error and reiterate our commitment to accurate & transparent reporting of data pic.twitter.com/RIeUhZ2e0a

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 20, 2020