Nigeria records 216 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of recorded cases in Nigeria to 6175.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) took to its official Twitter handle to make this announcement on the 18th of May.
According to the NCDC, 74 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos, 33 in Kano, 19 in Oyo, 17 in Kano, 13 in Edo, 10 in Zamfara, 8 each in Ogun and Gombe, 7 each in Bauchi and Kwara, 4 in the FCT, 3 each in Kaduna and Enugu and 2 in Rivers.
The total number of cases now stands at 6175. 1644 discharged patients and the number of confirmed deaths is 194.