Nigeria has recorded 146 new situations of the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total infections to 4,787 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet on Tuesday examined the new cases.

Of the 146 cases, the centre stated fifty seven have been from Lagos, 27 from Kano, 10 in Kwara, 9 in Edo, eight in Bauchi, seven in Yobe, and 4 each in Kebbi and Oyo states.

The centre referred to Katsina and Niger recorded three instances each and each and every even as Plateau, Borno, Benue, and Sokoto recorded two each. It mentioned Gombe, Enugu, Ebonyi, Ogun, FCT and Rivers recorded one each.

The NCDC additionally noted that six new sufferers died, bringing the whole range of deaths to 158. According to the agency, 146 new proven cases and six deaths have been recorded on May 12.

The NCDC referred to that no new united states of america has cited a case in the remaining 24 hours. The enterprise business enterprise cited that till date,3,670 cases are lively even as 959 victims have been discharged.

The centre also referred to 158 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), critiques that the NCDC brought the inclusion of the twenty fourth laboratory to the National COVID-19 Network in the country.

The business enterprise enterprise moreover outlined pointers for the integration of non-public neighborhood laboratories for COVID-19 checking out in the country.

“We have posted a training document, mutually with a checklist, on how non-public laboratories with molecular diagnostic capacity can be part of the National COVID-19Laboratory Network,” it tweeted.