COVID-19: Nigeria's Confirmed Cases Hits 6,175 and 216 Cases Recorded
"Till date, 6175 cases have been confirmed, 1644 cases have been discharged and 191 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory", NCDC reveals.
Joy Kalu 
Nigeria has recorded 216 new cases of the novel coronavirus, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed on Monday.
In a tweet via its official handle, the NCDC said 74 new cases were found in Lagos, 33 in Katsina, 19 in Oyo, and 17 in Kano.
Other states with new cases include Edo with 13, Zamfara 10, the trio of Ogun, Gombe and Borno with eight each, the duo of Bauchi and Kwara with seven each, the FCT with four, Kaduna and Enugu with three each and Rivers state with two new cases.
The agency tweeted; "On the 18th of May 2020, 216 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
"Till date, 6175 cases have been confirmed, 1644 cases have been discharged and 191 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory
The health agency also reported that 1,644 cases have now been successfully treated and discharged, while 191 persons have died.
Earlier on Monday, the federal government chose not to further lift lockdown measures imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Instead, the government maintained restrictions such as the closure of schools, airports and religious centres for another two weeks.
Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha had said; “The reality is that in spite of the modest progress made, Nigeria is not yet ready for full opening of the economy and tough decisions have to be taken for the good of the greater majority."
“Any relaxation will only portend grave danger for our populace. Advisedly, the current phase of eased restriction will be maintained for another two weeks during which stricter enforcement and persuasion measures will be pursued."
The novel coronavirus has killed at least 316,333 people worldwide since the outbreak first emerged in China last December.
At least 4,759,650 cases of coronavirus have been registered in 196 countries and territories. Of these, at least 1,711,900 are now considered recovered.
