The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 193 new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 5, 162.
Three new deaths were also recorded by the NCDC, raising the COVID-19 death toll in the country to 167.
According to the NCDC, Lagos reported 58 new cases, Kano 46, Jigawa 35, Yobe 12 and FCT nine cases. Ogun had 7 cases, Plateau and Gombe had five each, Imo 4, while Edo, Kwara and Borno had three cases each, and Bauchi, Nasarawa and Ondo had one each.
The NCDC in a late Thursday tweet said: “As at 11:50 pm, May 14th, there are 5, 162 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. Meanwhile, 1, 180 patients have been discharged from different treatment centres across the country, while 167 have died of the disease.”
The Centre explained that two cases reported on Wednesday from Kaduna were repeat tests, meaning that Kaduna has a total of 114 confirmed cases.
They apologised to Kaduna State Government and promised to remain committed to ensuring the release of accurate & reliable data.
