The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 276 new cases of the novel coronavirus across some states of the federation, taking total figure so far in the country to 8344.
According to the report published on the official social media handle of the specialist centre, the 276 new cases of the coronavirus were confirmed on Tuesday 26th May 2020.
The distribution of these 276 new cases across some states in Nigeria, shows the following spread, with Lagos recording the highest confirmed cases:
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
Bauchi-1
This brings total confirmed cases so far as at Tuesday 26th May 2020, to 8344 in Nigeria, with total discharged put at 2385 and number of deaths recorded at 249.