A total of 16 COVID-19 deaths were confirmed on Tuesday.
This was announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control
(NCDC) on Tuesday night, when the agency published the latest COVID-19 update.
NCDC also confirmed 276 new COVID-19 cases in 15 states
across the country.
Lagos recorded almost twice its figure for Monday, as the
state moved from 90 new cases the previous day to 161 new cases on Tuesday.
A total of 8,344 confirmed COVID-19 cases have now been
recorded in 34 states and the federal capital territory.
The number of discharged persons rose from 2,311 to 2,385,
while fatalities increased from 233 to 249.
276 new cases of #COVID19;— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 26, 2020
Lagos-161
Rivers-36
Edo-27
Kaduna-19
Nasarawa-10
Oyo-6
Kano-4
Delta-3
Ebonyi-3
Gombe-2
Ogun-1
Ondo-1
Borno-1
Abia-1
Bauchi-1
8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2385
Deaths: 249#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/Xl7QefqAWQ
According to the NCDC situation report for May 25, 2020, the
number of samples tested increased by 1,120 to a total of 46,803.
However, a further update on the current number of samples
tested for each state has not been made available by NCDC.
As part of efforts to increase testing capacity, NCDC has
activated two molecular testing laboratories in Katsina and Ogun, bringing
Nigeria’s total to 28.
A breakdown of the laboratory distribution network published
earlier on Tuesday showed four in Lagos, three in Kano, two each in Ogun, Edo,
Rivers, Abuja and Kaduna, while there is one each in Oyo, Osun, Delta, Sokoto,
Katsina, Plateau, Adamawa, Borno, Anambra, Imo and Ebonyi.
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