Nigeria has reported 339 new cases of the novel coronavirus infection, taking the total number of cases in the country to 7,016.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet on Thursday, May 22, disclosed that the new cases were spread across 18 states.

NCDC tweeted; "On the 21st of May 2020, 339 new confirmed cases and 9 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

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"Till date, 7016 cases have been confirmed, 1907 cases have been discharged and 211 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory."

The 339 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos(139), Kano(28), Oyo(28), Edo(25), Katsina(22), Kaduna(18), Jigawa (14), Yobe(13), Plateau (13), FCT(11), Gombe(, Ogun(5), Bauchi(4), Nasarawa(4), Delta(3), Ondo(2), Rivers(1), Adamawa(1).

NCDC noted that the number of discharged patients

is 1907, while 211 COVID-19 deaths have occurred in the country.