CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: 16 PERSONS DIED ON THE 26TH OF MAY, 2020 IN NIGERIA AS THE TOTAL CONFIRMED CASES BECOMES 8,344

• Till date, 8344 cases have been confirmed, 2385 cases have been discharged and 249 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory
• The 276 new cases are reported from 15 states- Lagos (161), Rivers (36), Edo (27), Kaduna (19), Nasarawa (10), Oyo (6), Kano (4), Delta (3), Ebonyi (3), Gombe (2), Ogun (1), Ondo (1), Borno (1), Abia (1), Bauchi (1)
• On the 26th of May 2020, 276 new confirmed cases and 16 deaths were recorded in Nigeria
• No new state has reported a case in the last 24 hours.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	3,756	3,051	658	47
Kano	923	751	134	38
FCT	519	349	156	14
Katsina	335	270	51	14
Borno	256	86	145	25
Oyo	250	168	76	6
Ogun	241	123	109	9
Jigawa	241	159	78	4
Bauchi	233	23	203	7
Edo	218	151	58	9
Kaduna	208	74	128	6
Rivers	157	114	32	11
Gombe	150	29	118	3
Sokoto	116	12	90	14
Plateau	95	50	43	2
Kwara	79	44	34	1
Zamfara	76	8	63	5
Nasarawa	56	36	18	2
Delta	49	28	14	7
Yobe	47	32	8	7
Osun	44	5	35	4
Ebonyi	36	30	6	0
Imo	33	26	7	0
Kebbi	32	11	17	4
Niger	28	18	9	1
Adamawa	27	7	18	2
Ondo	24	3	19	2
Akwa Ibom	24	9	13	2
Ekiti	20	4	14	2
Enugu	18	10	8	0
Taraba	18	8	10	0
Bayelsa	12	6	6	0
Anambra	10	6	3	1
Abia	8	5	3	0
Benue	5	4	1	0