Nigeria records 148 new COVID-19 cases, total now 2,950

Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 2,950 in Nigeria.

This is after 148 new infections were recorded in the country on Tuesday.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on its website.


The NCDC noted that five patients died or coronavirus-related complications in the last 24 hours.

A breakdown of data obtained from the NCDC’s website showed that the country currently has 2,369 active COVID-19 cases.

It said, “On the 5th of May 2020, 146 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria. No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 2948 cases have been confirmed, 481 cases have been discharged and 98 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory

“The 146 new cases are reported from 16 states- Lagos(43), Kano(32), Katsina(nine), FCT(10), Zamfara(14), Taraba(seven), Borno(seven), Ogun(six), Oyo(five), Edo(three), Kaduna(three), Adamawa(two), Gombe(two), Plateau(one), Sokoto(one), Kebbi(one).”

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	1,226	875	321	30
Kano	397	383	3	11
FCT	307	264	40	3
Borno	107	93	0	14
Gombe	98	98	0	0
Katsina	92	78	6	8
Ogun	91	77	12	2
Kaduna	84	73	10	1
Bauchi	80	74	6	0
Sokoto	67	58	1	8
Edo	65	51	10	4
Oyo	44	33	9	2
Jigawa	39	38	0	1
Osun	37	3	30	4
Zamfara	27	26	0	1
Delta	17	13	2	2
Akwa Ibom	16	4	10	2
Kwara	16	8	8	0
Taraba	15	15	0	0
Rivers	14	10	2	2
Adamawa	14	14	0	0
Yobe	13	12	0	1
Ondo	13	10	3	0
Kebbi	13	13	0	0
Ekiti	12	9	2	1
Nasarawa	11	10	0	1
Enugu	8	6	2	0
Bayelsa	5	5	0	0
Ebonyi	5	5	0	0
Plateau	4	4	0	0
Niger	4	3	1	0
Benue	2	2	0	0
Imo	2	1	1	0
Abia	2	1	1	0
Anambra	1	0	1	0