Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 195 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections to 3,145.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said five new patients have been confirmed dead from the virus in the country, bringing the total number of deaths to 103.
The agency, on Wednesday night on Twitter, said that the 195 new cases were recorded from 13 states as follows:
“82-Lagos, 30-Kano, 19-Zamfara, 18-Sokoto, 10-Borno, 9-FCT, 8-Oyo, 5-Kebbi, 5-Gombe, 4-Ogun, 3-Katsina, while one each in Kaduna and Adamawa States,” it said.
According to NCDC, as of 11;59 p.m. May 6, 2020, Nigeria has 2,504 active cases of COVID-19 and 534 treated and discharged in the country.
The continuous increase in number of infections, NCDC says, is due to the increased capacity for testing across the country.
The NCDC has exceeded daily test above 1,600 on two occasions, but this did not translate into higher positive counts.
