Nigeria has recorded 284 new cases of coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced.
NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Wednesday night, said, “199 – Lagos, 26 – Rivers, 19 – Oyo, 8 – FCT, 8 – Borno, 7 – Plateau, 6 – Jigawa, 5 – Kano, 2 – Abia, 1 – Ekiti, 1 – Delta, 1 – Kwara, 1 – Taraba”
With this recent report, Nigeria has 6677 cases of coronavirus with 200 deaths and 1840 discharged.
“On the 18th of May, 8 new cases in Zamfara were erroneously announced. Therefore, as at the 20th of May 2020, Zamfara has recorded a total of 76 confirmed cases” NCDC added.
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It would be recalled that NCDC had on Tuesday explained that most of the fatalities recorded from coronavirus were cases with other underlying illnesses known as co-morbidities.
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The Federal Government has also lamented that the growing number of casualties with regards to the coronavirus pandemic is due to self-medication, saying many of those who died recently, apart from having some underlying illnesses, had embarked on some form of self-medication or home care.
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