COVID-19: Nigeria records 313 new cases as total hits 7,839

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, confirmed 313 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number of infections to 7,839.

This was announced via NCDC Twitter handle on Sunday night.

“On the 24th of May 2020, 313 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 7839 cases have been confirmed, 2263 cases have been discharged and 226 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

“The 313 new cases are reported from 17 states; 313 new cases of #COVID19; 148-Lagos, 36-FCT, 27-Rivers, 19-Edo, 13-Kano, 12-Ogun, 11-Ebonyi, 8-Nasarawa, 8-Delta, 7-Oyo, 6- Plateau, 5-Kaduna, 4-Kwara, 3-Akwa Ibom, 3-Bayelsa, 2-Niger, 1-Anambra.

See the breakdown of cases by state below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	3,505	2,805	658	42
Kano	896	727	133	36
FCT	505	347	144	14
Katsina	308	243	51	14
Borno	250	81	144	25
Jigawa	241	159	78	4
Oyo	240	178	58	4
Bauchi	232	62	165	5
Ogun	231	123	101	7
Edo	191	126	58	7
Kaduna	189	68	116	5
Gombe	145	24	118	3
Rivers	116	78	30	8
Sokoto	116	12	90	14
Plateau	83	55	27	1
Kwara	79	44	34	1
Zamfara	76	8	63	5
Yobe	47	33	8	6
Nasarawa	46	26	18	2
Osun	42	5	33	4
Delta	39	19	13	7
Ebonyi	33	27	6	0
Kebbi	32	11	17	4
Niger	28	22	5	1
Adamawa	27	7	18	2
Akwa Ibom	24	9	13	2
Ondo	23	4	18	1
Ekiti	20	4	14	2
Enugu	18	12	6	0
Taraba	18	8	10	0
Bayelsa	11	5	6	0
Anambra	9	8	1	0
Imo	7	0	7	0
Abia	7	6	1	0
Benue	5	4	1	0

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