The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, confirmed 248 new coronavirus cases in the country.
According to its official Twitter handle, 81 cases were recorded in Lagos, 35 in Jigawa and 26 in Borno with 17 other states recording various numbers of cases.
The number of deaths also moved from 128 to 143 in twenty-four hours.
See NCDC tweet:
248 new cases of #COVID19;
81-Lagos
35-Jigawa
26-Borno
26-Kano
20-Bauchi
13-FCT
12-Edo
10-Sokoto
7-Zamfara
4-Kwara
4-Kebbi
2-Gombe
2-Taraba
2-Ogun
2-Ekiti
1-Osun
1-Bayelsa4399 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 778
Deaths: 143 pic.twitter.com/EXkXbq690g— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 10, 2020