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The spread of novel Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria has continued to rise rapidly as the latest statistics provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed Nigeria now has 7,839 confirmed cases.
On the 24th of May 2020, 313 new confirmed cases and 5 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
To date, 7839 cases have been confirmed, 2263 cases have been discharged and 226 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory having carried out 44,458 tests.
The 313 new cases were reported from 17 states- Lagos (148), FCT (36), Rivers (27), Edo (19), Kano (13), Ogun (12), Ebonyi (11), Nasarawa (8), Delta (8), Oyo (7), Plateau (6), Kaduna (5), Kwara (4), Akwa Ibom (3), Bayelsa (3), Niger (2), Anambra (1).
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In a move to combat the spread of the pandemic disease, President Muhammadu Buhari directed the cessation of all movements in Lagos and the FCT for an initial period of 14 days, which took effect from 11 pm on Monday, 30th March 2020.
The movement restriction, which was extended by another two-weeks period, has been partially put on hold with some businesses commencing operations from May 4.
The latest numbers bring Lagos state total confirmed cases to 3505, followed by Kano (896), Abuja at 505, Katsina (308), Borno (250), Jigawa (241), Oyo (240), Bauchi (232), Ogun (231), Edo (191), Kaduna (189), Gombe (145), Sokoto and Rivers (116), Plateau (83).
Kwara State has recorded 79 cases, Yobe (47), Nasarawa (46), Osun (42), Delta (39), Ebonyi (33), Kebbi (32), Niger (28), Adamawa (27), Akwa Ibom (24), Ondo (23), Ekiti (20), Taraba and Enugu (18), Bayelsa (11), Anambra (9), Imo and Abia (7), while Benue state has recorded 5 cases.
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| Date | Confirmed case | New cases | Total deaths | New deaths | Total recovery | Active cases | Critical cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2020 | 7839 | 313 | 226 | 5 | 2263 | 5360 | 7 |
| May 23, 2020 | 7526 | 265 | 221 | 0 | 2174 | 5131 | 7 |
| May 22, 2020 | 7261 | 245 | 221 | 10 | 2007 | 5033 | 7 |
| May 21, 2020 | 7016 | 339 | 211 | 11 | 1907 | 4898 | 7 |
| May 20, 2020 | 6677 | 284 | 200 | 8 | 1840 | 4637 | 7 |
| May 19, 2020 | 6401 | 226 | 192 | 1 | 1734 | 4475 | 7 |
| May 18, 2020 | 6175 | 216 | 191 | 9 | 1644 | 4340 | 7 |
| May 17, 2020 | 5959 | 388 | 182 | 6 | 1594 | 4183 | 7 |
| May 16, 2020 | 5621 | 176 | 176 | 5 | 1472 | 3973 | 7 |
| May 15, 2020 | 5445 | 288 | 171 | 3 | 1320 | 3954 | 4 |
| May 14, 2020 | 5162 | 193 | 168 | 3 | 1180 | 3815 | 4 |
| May 13, 2020 | 4971 | 184 | 164 | 6 | 1070 | 3737 | 4 |
| May 12, 2020 | 4787 | 146 | 158 | 6 | 959 | 3670 | 4 |
| May 11, 2020 | 4641 | 242 | 152 | 10 | 902 | 3589 | 4 |
| May 10, 2020 | 4399 | 248 | 142 | 17 | 778 | 3479 | 4 |
| May 9, 2020 | 4151 | 239 | 127 | 11 | 745 | 3278 | 4 |
| May 8, 2020 | 3912 | 386 | 118 | 10 | 679 | 3115 | 4 |
| May 7, 2020 | 3526 | 381 | 108 | 4 | 601 | 2818 | 4 |
| May 6, 2020 | 3145 | 195 | 104 | 5 | 534 | 2507 | 1 |
| May 5, 2020 | 2950 | 148 | 99 | 5 | 481 | 2370 | 4 |
| May 4, 2020 | 2802 | 245 | 94 | 6 | 417 | 2291 | 2 |
| May 3, 2020 | 2558 | 170 | 88 | 2 | 400 | 2070 | 2 |
| May 2, 2020 | 2388 | 220 | 86 | 17 | 351 | 1952 | 2 |
| May 1, 2020 | 2170 | 238 | 69 | 10 | 351 | 1751 | 2 |
| April 30, 2020 | 1932 | 204 | 59 | 7 | 317 | 1556 | 2 |
| April 29, 2020 | 1728 | 196 | 52 | 7 | 307 | 1369 | 2 |
| April 28, 2020 | 1532 | 195 | 45 | 4 | 255 | 1232 | 2 |
| April 27, 2020 | 1337 | 64 | 41 | 0 | 255 | 994 | 2 |
| April 26, 2020 | 1273 | 91 | 41 | 5 | 239 | 994 | 2 |
| April 25, 2020 | 1182 | 87 | 36 | 3 | 222 | 925 | 2 |
| April 24, 2020 | 1095 | 114 | 33 | 1 | 208 | 855 | 2 |
| April 23, 2020 | 981 | 108 | 32 | 3 | 197 | 753 | 2 |
| April 22, 2020 | 873 | 91 | 29 | 3 | 197 | 648 | 2 |
| April 21, 2020 | 782 | 117 | 26 | 3 | 197 | 560 | 2 |
| April 20, 2020 | 665 | 38 | 23 | 1 | 188 | 466 | 2 |
| April 19, 2020 | 627 | 86 | 22 | 2 | 170 | 436 | 2 |
| April 18, 2020 | 541 | 48 | 20 | 2 | 166 | 356 | 2 |
| April 17, 2020 | 493 | 51 | 18 | 4 | 159 | 317 | 2 |
| April 16, 2020 | 442 | 35 | 13 | 1 | 152 | 277 | 2 |
| April 15, 2020 | 407 | 34 | 12 | 1 | 128 | 267 | 2 |
| April 14, 2020 | 373 | 30 | 11 | 1 | 99 | 263 | 2 |
| April 13, 2020 | 343 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 91 | 242 | 2 |
| April 12, 2020 | 323 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 85 | 228 | 2 |
| April 11, 2020 | 318 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 70 | 238 | 2 |
| April 10, 2020 | 305 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 58 | 240 | 2 |
| April 9, 2020 | 288 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 51 | 230 | 2 |
| April 8, 2020 | 274 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 44 | 226 | 2 |
| April 7, 2020 | 254 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 204 | 2 |
| April 6, 2020 | 238 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 35 | 198 | 2 |
| April 5, 2020 | 232 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 194 | 2 |
| April 4, 2020 | 214 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 185 | 0 |
| April 3, 2020 | 209 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 180 | 0 |
| April 2, 2020 | 184 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 162 | 0 |
| April 1, 2020 | 174 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 163 | 0 |
| March 31, 2020 | 139 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 128 | 0 |
| March 30, 2020 | 131 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 121 | 0 |
| March 29, 2020 | 111 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 0 |
| March 28, 2020 | 89 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 0 |
| March 27, 2020 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| March 26, 2020 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 62 | 0 |
| March 25, 2020 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 |
| March 24, 2020 | 44 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 0 |
| March 23, 2020 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| March 22, 2020 | 30 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| March 21, 2020 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| March 20, 2020 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| March 19, 2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| March 18, 2020 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| March 17, 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| March 16, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 15, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 14, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 13, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 12, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 11, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 10, 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 9, 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| March 8, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 7, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 6, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 5, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 4, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 3, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 2, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| March 1, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| February 29, 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| February 28, 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
