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COVID-19: List Of States With New Cases, Discharged Patients And Deaths Recorded

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Overall confirmed cases of Coronavirus disease in Nigeria as at Saturday, May 23 remains 7526, with 2174 discharged patients, while 221 confirmed dead from the global pandemic.

The new figures became so after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday night confirmed on their microblogging site account and official website two hundred and sixty-five new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

See below the breakdown of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19; including active patients, discharged patients and deaths recorded in Nigeria.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 3,357 2,688 627 42
Kano 883 714 133 36
FCT 469 312 143 14
Katsina 308 243 51 14
Borno 250 84 141 25
Jigawa 241 159 78 4
Oyo 233 171 58 4
Bauchi 232 62 165 5
Ogun 219 112 101 6
Kaduna 184 79 100 5
Edo 172 109 57 6
Gombe 145 37 105 3
Sokoto 116 23 80 13
Rivers 89 59 23 7
Plateau 77 49 27 1
Zamfara 76 8 63 5
Kwara 75 40 34 1
Yobe 47 33 8 6
Osun 42 5 33 4
Nasarawa 38 18 18 2
Kebbi 32 11 17 4
Delta 31 13 12 6
Adamawa 27 7 18 2
Niger 26 20 5 1
Ondo 23 4 18 1
Ebonyi 22 20 2 0
Akwa Ibom 21 6 13 2
Ekiti 20 4 14 2
Enugu 18 12 6 0
Taraba 18 8 10 0
Bayelsa 8 2 6 0
Anambra 8 7 1 0
Abia 7 6 1 0
Imo 7 0 7 0
Benue 5 4 1 0

Meanwhile, the extension of market days for Abuja has been approved by the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello, in a statement issued today.

According to the minister, Abuja markets will now open three times a week.



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