Coronavirus cases rise to 3,912 as Nigeria confirms more than 300 new cases , 10 deaths

Nigeria has yet recorded more than 300 cases and 10 deaths .

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday, May 8, 2020, announced 386 more cases in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory .

386 new cases of #COVID19;

176-Lagos
65-Kano
31-Katsina
20-FCT
17-Borno
15-Bauchi
14-Nasarawa
13-Ogun
10-Plateau
4-Oyo
4-Sokoto
4-Rivers
3-Kaduna
2-Edo
2-Ebonyi
2-Ondo
1-Enugu
1-Imo
1-Gombe
1-Osun

3912 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 679
Deaths: 117 pic.twitter.com/IUWL9ROjqQ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 8, 2020

Kano, the state with the second-highest number of cases in the country recorded 65 new cases, while 31 cases were confirmed in Katsina, 20 in Abuja, 17 in Borno, 15 in Bauchi and 14 in Nasarawa state.

The NCDC also announced 13 new cases in Ogun, 10 in Plateau, and four cases each in Oyo, Sokoto and Rivers state.

While three cases were confirmed in Kaduna, two cases each were recorded in Edo, Ebonyi and Ondo state.

Also, Enugu, Imo, Gombe and Osun state all recorded one case each.

Also, Coronavirus-related deaths in Nigeria have now increased to 117 as 10 more deaths were confirmed on Friday.

The NCDC announcement also showed that 78 patients recovered from coronavirus in the country as the total number of discharged patients increased from 601 to 679.