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General News of Saturday, 9 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Nigeria's COVID-19 cases rise to almost 4,000

Nigeria has now recorded close to 4,000 cases of the deadly coronavirus, MyNigeria.com reports.

This is coming after the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC recorded 386 new cases of #COVID19.

As it stands, there are now a total of 3,912 cases of the deadly virus in the country across 35 states, including the FCT.

According to the NCDC, the 386 new cases breakdown is:

176-Lagos
65-Kano
31-Katsina
20-FCT
17-Borno
15-Bauchi
14-Nasarawa
13-Ogun
10-Plateau
4-Oyo
4-Sokoto
4-Rivers
3-Kaduna
2-Edo
2-Ebonyi
2-Ondo
1-Enugu
1-Imo
1-Gombe
1-Osun

As at the time of this report, there are now 679 recoveries and a total of 117 deaths in Nigeria, according to the NCDC.