Breaking: Nigeria Records 328 COVID-19 Cases, 121 In Lagos (See Breakdown)

Nigeria has recorded 328 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the West African country.

Naija News reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed this in a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Friday evening, June 5.

According to the NCDC, of the three hundred and twenty-eight new coronavirus cases recorded on Friday evening, 121 were recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, FCT-70 Bauchi-25 Rivers-18 Oyo-16 Kaduna-15 Gombe-14 Edo-13 Ogun-13 Jigawa-8 Enugu-6 Kano-5 Osun-2 Ondo-2, southwest Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “328 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-121 FCT-70 Bauchi-25 Rivers-18 Oyo-16 Kaduna-15 Gombe-14 Edo-13 Ogun-13 Jigawa-8 Enugu-6 Kano-5 Osun-2 Ondo-2 11844 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 3696 Deaths: 333,” the tweet added.

328 new cases of #COVID19;

Lagos-121
FCT-70
Bauchi-25
Rivers-18
Oyo-16
Kaduna-15
Gombe-14
Edo-13
Ogun-13
Jigawa-8
Enugu-6
Kano-5
Osun-2
Ondo-2

11844 cases of #COVID19Nigeria
Discharged: 3696
Deaths: 333 pic.twitter.com/XQ3B7O0yIb

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 5, 2020

The development means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to eleven thousand, eight hundred and forty-four (11844) with three thousand, six hundred and ninety-six (3696) people discharged and three and thirty-three (333) deaths recorded.