Nigeria records 386 new COVID-19 cases, total now 3,912

The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) on Friday 8 May 2020 confirmed 386 new cases of COVID-19 in the country bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 3,912.

The Centre also announced on its twitter handle that 679 patients have been discharged while 117 deaths have been recorded from the pandemic as at 11.50 pm on Friday.

Details of the breakdown shows that Lagos recorded 176 new cases; Kano-65; Kastina-31; FCT-20; Borno-17; Bauchi-15; Nasarawa-14; Ogun-13;Plateau-10; Oyo-4 and Sokoto-4.

Others are Rivers-4; Kaduna-3; Edo-2; Ebonyi-2; Ondo-2; Enugu-1; Imo-1; Gombe-1 and Osun -1.

The figure is the highest number of cases recorded in a single day in the country.

NCDC said that the new cases recorded were from 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

According to it, on May 8, 2020, 386 new confirmed cases and 10 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

The agency noted that no new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

“Till date, 3,912 cases have been confirmed, 679 cases have been discharged and 117 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The agency said that in the last three years, it had supported states in establishing Emergency Operations Centres, rapidly scaled up laboratory capacity and provided other resources for health security at the state level.

It added that these resources were now being used for the COVID+19 response in the country.