Coronavirus: Top Five States With The Highest Number Of COVID-19

Nigeria on Wednesday recorded 389 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This sums the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 8733.

According to the data from the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, there are now 35 States, excluding Cross River, with at least one confirmed case of COVID-19.

The NCDC on Wednesday night confirmed two cases of the novel coronavirus in Kogi State.

It was the first time that positive results were confirmed for Kogi since the outbreak in Nigeria – exactly three months ago.

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Lagos, which is the most hit state in Nigeria is on top of the list with 4025 cases.

Here is a compiled list of five states with over 200 confirmed Coronavirus cases:

Lagos – 4,012, Kano -936, FCT- 519, Katsina- 358, Borno- 257.

Meanwhile, Nigeria has recorded 254 deaths with 2501 recoveries.

So far, coronavirus has affected over 5.7milliom people and killed 356,000 globally.

Between the 4th of May that nationwide lockdown was lifted, there has been a total of 161 deaths while the number of active cases jumped from 2,292 to 5,978.