Nigeria Records 338 Cases Of COVID-19 In A Day

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Sunday night reports three-hundred-and-thirty-eight new cases of Coronavirus in the country.

The new update brings the total cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to 5959.

See below the details of the newly reported cases from each state as given by the NCDC on their official website on May, 17.

338 new cases of #COVID19;

177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto

5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182 pic.twitter.com/1nC9HjskN3

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 17, 2020

Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday, May 18 2020, address Nigerians in a national broadcast over the coronavirus pandemic.