Nigeria has recorded 388 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 5969.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its verified Twitter handle.
338 new cases of #COVID19;
177-Lagos
64-Kano
21-FCT
16-Rivers
14-Plateau
11-Oyo
9-Katsina
4-Jigawa
4-Kaduna
3-Abia
3-Bauchi
3-Borno
2-Gombe
2-Akwa Ibom
2-Delta
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi
1-Sokoto5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1594
Deaths: 182 pic.twitter.com/1nC9HjskN3— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 17, 2020