The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Saturday recorded 265 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, bringing its total number to 7,526.
The NCDC announced on Twitter that 133 of the new cases were found in Lagos, 34 in Oyo, 28 in Edo, 22 in the FCT, six in Plateau, five in Kaduna, three each in Borno and Niger, and two each in Kwara, Bauchi, Anambra, and Enugu states.
Although, no new deaths occurred, the health agency said the number of successfully treated patients increased to 2,174.
According to the NCDC, no new state has reported a case in the past 24 hours.
The agency said that as of May 23, 7,526 cases had been confirmed with 5,131 of them being active.
