COVID-19: Six Deaths Recorded As Nigeria Confirms 338 New Cases Of #Coronavirus

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control on the 17th of May 2020, confirmed 338 new cases of coronavirus and 6 deaths were recorded in the country.

The 338 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos(177), Kano(64), FCT(21), Rivers(16), Plateau(14), Oyo(11), Katsina(9), Jigawa(4), Kaduna(4), Abia(3), Bauchi(3), Borno(3),Gombe(2), Akwa Ibom(2), Delta(2), Ondo(1), Kebbi(1), Sokoto(1). No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Till date, 5959 cases have been confirmed, 1594 cases have been discharged and 182 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory