According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Nigeria recorded 381 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Lagos State alone accounts for 183 cases out of the total number of cases confirmed.
The NCDC announced the new cases on its Twitter handle as usual and wrote: “381 new cases of #COVID19;
183-Lagos
55-Kano
44-Jigawa
19-Zamfara
19-Bauchi
11-Katsina
9-Borno
8-Kwara
7-Kaduna
6-Gombe
5-Ogun
4-Sokoto
3-Oyo
3-Rivers
2-Niger
1-Akwa Ibom
1-Enugu
1-Plateau
3526 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 601
Deaths: 107″
The NCDC also posted the breakdown of the number of coronavirus cases per state and from the breakdown, 8 northern states make up the top ten states affected by coronavirus disease in Nigeria.
