Southwest: Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Ogun and Lagos state record 196 New COVID-19 cases

NCDC reported earlier that Ondo State has recorded 2, 1 in Osun, 4 in Oyo, 13 in Ogun and Lagos State with 176 new Coronavirus cases.



By Tunde Olorungbotemi




The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed fresh cases of Coronavirus in the southwest states on Friday, May 8th except one state; Ekiti state.


According to NCDC report yesterday, Ondo State has recorded 2, 1 in Osun, 4 in Oyo, 13 in Ogun and Lagos State with 176 new Coronavirus cases, VAM News reports.











This takes the total number of cases recorded in Osun state from the beginning of the outbreak to 38 and active cases to 3.


Also, This takes the cases of Ondo state to fifteen(15) while six of them have been treated by the state government and they have been discharged, Oyo state to 59 cases, Ogun state to 113 cases and Lagos state to 1491 cases even as Nigeria total cases increased to 3912 as at yesternight by NCDC.










No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours and only two states are free from COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria, Kogi and Cross River state.


Below is the breakdown of yesterday’s new cases:










176 in Lagos
65 in 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 and Deaths: 117



As at the time of filing this report, these states government are yet to give further details of the latest fresh cases of COVID-19 pandemic in their respective state.