Nigeria recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, May 17, 2020, NCDC tweeted.
In its tweet, Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, stated that out of the new cases, 177 cases were recorded in Lagos, 64 in Kano, 21 in FCT, 16 in Rivers, 14-in Plateau, 11 in Oyo, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Jigawa, 4 in Kaduna, 3 in Abia, 3 in Bauchi, 3 in Borno, 2 in Gombe, 2 in Akwa Ibom, 2 in Delta, 1 in Ondo, 1 in Kebbi, and 1 in Sokoto State.
However, Nigeria has 5959 confirmed cases of COVID-19. 1594 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 182 deaths have been recorded.
Read its tweet here: