The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that Ekiti, 11 other states and the Federal Capital Territory recorded 284 new cases of coronavirus.
The centre said the latest infections have brought the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 6, 677.
This was disclosed via its verified Twitter handle, @ncdcgov, on Wednesday night.
NCDC tweeted, ”284 new cases of #COVID19;
199-Lagos
26-Rivers
19-Oyo
8-FCT
8-Borno
7-Plateau
6-Jigawa
5-Kano
2-Abia
1-Ekiti
1-Delta
1-Kwara
1-Taraba
”6677 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1840
Deaths: 200…”
Meanwhile, the centre has apologised to the Zamfara State Government on the erroneous announcement of eight new cases on May 18.
According to NCDC, ”On the 18th of May, 8 new cases in Zamfara were erroneously announced.
”Therefore, as at the 20th of May 2020, Zamfara has recorded a total of 76 confirmed cases.
”We apologise to @Zamfara_state for this error and reiterate our commitment to accurate & transparent reporting of data.”