Nigeria records 193 new COVID-19 cases as total hits 5,162

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 193 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 5,162, Tribune Online reports.

The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle on Thursday. it also said that 58 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos.

It tweeted: “93 new cases of #COVID19; 58-Lagos, 46-Kano, 35-Jigawa, 12-Yobe, 9-FCT, 7-Ogun, 5-Plateau, 5-Gombe, 4-Imo, 3-Edo, 3-Kwara, 3-Borno, 1-Bauchi, 1-Nasarawa, 1-Ondo.”

“On the 14th of May 2020, 193 new confirmed cases and 3 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 5162 cases have been confirmed, 1180 cases have been discharged and 167 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory. The 193 new cases are reported from 15 states.”

The NCDC explained that two cases reported yesterday from Kaduna were repeat tests.

“Therefore, Kaduna has a total of 114 confirmed cases. We apologise to @contactkdsg and remain committed to ensuring the release of accurate & reliable data,” it said.

See the breakdown of cases by states below;

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	2,099	1,525	541	33
Kano	753	633	87	33
FCT	379	290	82	7
Katsina	224	183	29	12
Bauchi	207	179	25	3
Borno	191	151	20	20
Jigawa	176	169	4	3
Ogun	134	72	57	5
Gombe	124	36	87	1
Kaduna	114	94	17	3
Sokoto	112	59	40	13
Edo	92	60	27	5
Oyo	73	55	16	2
Zamfara	73	50	18	5
Kwara	56	43	12	1
Osun	42	8	30	4
Rivers	33	25	5	3
Yobe	32	28	3	1
Kebbi	31	16	11	4
Nasarawa	29	23	5	1
Plateau	25	21	4	0
Delta	22	9	9	4
Adamawa	21	14	7	0
Ondo	19	7	11	1
Taraba	17	16	1	0
Akwa Ibom	17	3	12	2
Ekiti	15	5	9	1
Enugu	12	10	2	0
Niger	10	8	2	0
Ebonyi	9	9	0	0
Imo	7	5	2	0
Bayelsa	6	3	3	0
Benue	4	4	0	0
Anambra	2	1	1	0
Abia	2	1	1	0

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