288 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Nigeria

In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, 193 new cases have been reported as of Friday evening, May 15th by the National Centre for Disease Control.

In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s new cases in Lagos, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa, Borno, Ogun, Kano, FCT, Niger, Ekiti, Oyo, Delta, Bauchi, Kwara and Edo.

Their tweet reads;

288 new cases of #COVID19;

179-Lagos
20-Kaduna
15-Katsina
15-Jigawa
13-Borno
11-Ogun
8-Kano
7-FCT
4-Niger
4-Ekiti
3-Oyo
3-Delta
3-Bauchi
2-Kwara
1-Edo

5445 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1320
Deaths: 171 pic.twitter.com/WOllJ4pGlc

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 15, 2020

On the 14th of May, 4 cases reported from Plateau & 1 case from Akwa Ibom, were repeat cases

Therefore Plateau has a total of 21
cases and Akwa Ibom has a total of 16 cases

We apologise to this State Governments for this error & remain committed to ensuring accurate reporting pic.twitter.com/6ZnkPUPPst

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 15, 2020