Nigeria inches towards 4,000 Coronavirus cases as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 386 new infections bringing total to 3,912.
At least three states including Nasarawa, Ogun, and Plateau recorded their highest number of new daily infections.
The 386 new Coronavirus cases are 176 – Lagos, 65 – Kano, 31 – Katsina, 20 – FCT, 17 – Borno, 15 – Bauchi, 14 – Nasarawa, and 13 – Ogun.
Others include 10-Plateau, four each in Oyo, Sokoto, and Rivers; three – Kaduna; two each in Edo, Ebonyi, and Ondo; one each in Enugu, Imo, Gombe, and Osun.
386 new cases of #COVID19;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 8, 2020
176-Lagos
65-Kano
31-Katsina
20-FCT
17-Borno
15-Bauchi
14-Nasarawa
13-Ogun
10-Plateau
4-Oyo
4-Sokoto
4-Rivers
3-Kaduna
2-Edo
2-Ebonyi
2-Ondo
1-Enugu
1-Imo
1-Gombe
1-Osun
3912 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 679
Deaths: 117 pic.twitter.com/IUWL9ROjqQ
Ten Coronavirus patients died in last 24 hours with total death toll now 117.
While 78 Coronavirus patients discharged across treatment centres in Nigeria bringing number of successfully treated cases to 679.