Five dead as Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases exceed 5,500
Nigeria on Saturday recorded 176 new cases of COVID-19 as the number of infected people pushed past 5,500.
The details of the 176 new cases are as follows: Lagos – 95, Oyo – 31, FCT – 11, Niger – 8, Borno – 8, Jigawa – 6, Kaduna – 4, Anambra – 3, Edo- 2, Rivers – 2, Bauchi – 2, Nasarawa – 2, Benue – 1 and Zamfara – 1.A breakdown of all the confirmed cases so far shows that 5,621 infections have been reported in Nigeria since the index case in February. Of that number, 3,973 cases are still active, 1,472 have recovered and have been discharged, and 176 deaths have been reported.
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