BREAKING: Nigeria Confirms 381 New COVID-19 Cases

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 3526 in Nigeria, NEW DIRECT reports.

This is after 381 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country on Thursday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle.

Of the new cases, 183 was recorded in Lagos, 55 in Kano, 44 in Jigawa, 19 in Bauchi, 9 in Borno, 11 in Katsina.

Other states were new cases were recorded include Kwara, Kaduna, Gombe, Ogun, Sokoto, Oyo, Rivers, Niger, Akwa Ibom, Enugu and Plateau state.

So far, 601 patients have been discharged while 107 deaths have been recorded.

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 pic.twitter.com/H5ouYwO9Cj

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 7, 2020