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Nigeria today recorded 338 fresh COVID-19 cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said on its Twitter handle that 177 of the new cases are in Lagos.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country is now 5,959, with 1,594 recoveries and 182 fatalities.
338 new cases of #COVID19;
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 17, 2020
177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto
5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182 pic.twitter.com/1nC9HjskN3
