NCDC confirms 276 new coronavirus cases, 16 deaths

By Ihesiulo Grace

27 May 2020

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Tuesday, confirmed 276 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 8,344.

The NCDC also confirmed one of its highest daily death figures since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria as it said 16 people died from the virus on Tuesday, bringing the death figure to 249.

The agency in a late night tweet on Tuesday said the new cases were reported from 15 states. These states are Lagos, Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Kano, Delta, Ebonyi, Gombe, Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Abia and Bauchi.

Lagos State remains epicentre of COVID-19 in the country and it also reported the highest daily figure from the virus on Tuesday.

There was an increase in the number of infections reported on Tuesday (276) compared to the number reported on Monday (229).

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The figures of confirmed cases in the country has been fluctuating in the past few weeks.

The 276 new cases are reported from 15 states: Lagos – 161, Rivers – 36, Edo – 27, Kaduna – 19, Nasarawa -10, Oyo – 6, Kano – 4, Delta – 3, Ebonyi – 3, Gombe – 2, Ogun – 1, Ondo -1, Borno – 1, Abia -1 and Bauchi -1.