Nigeria records 245 new COVID-19 cases Friday, total now 7,261

By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor

For Nigeria, the worst is obviously yet to come as new Coronavirus cases continues to spike by the day.

Even as governments gradually ease lockdowns across the country and some governors in the north reopen mosques for congregational Eid-el-Fitri prayers and Sallah celebrations, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday announced 245 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 7,261.

The NCDC which made this known via its Twitter handle and website also said that 131 of the new infections were recorded in Lagos.

“245 new cases of #COVID19; 131-Lagos 16-Jigawa 13-Ogun 12-Borno 9-Kaduna 9-Oyo 9-Rivers 9-Ebonyi 8-Kano 7-Kwara 5-Katsina 3-Akwa Ibom 3-Sokoto 2-Bauchi 2-Yobe 1-Anambra 1-Gombe 1-Niger 1-Ondo 1-Plateau 1-FCT 1-Bayelsa.”

NCDC✔@NCDCgov

245 new cases of #COVID19;
131-Lagos
16-Jigawa
13-Ogun
12-Borno
9-Kaduna
9-Oyo
9-Rivers
9-Ebonyi
8-Kano
7-Kwara
5-Katsina
3-Akwa Ibom
3-Sokoto
2-Bauchi
2-Yobe
1-Anambra
1-Gombe
1-Niger
1-Ondo
1-Plateau
1-FCT
1-Bayelsa
7261 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2007
Deaths: 221