* Confirms 8 new deaths, as Lagos records 57 new cases, Kano 27, Kwara 10

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 146 new cases of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic in Nigeria, making the country鈥檚 number of cases 4, 787.

According to the NCDC in a tweet via its verified Twitter account Tuesday, May 12, 2020, eight new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 158.

The disease control agency also reported that Lagos reported 57 new cases, Kano and Kwara States had 27 and 10 respectively.

Likewise, Edo had 9 cases, Bauchi 8, Yobe 7, Kebbi and Oyo had 4 each, Katsina and Niger 3 each while Plateau, Borno, Sokoto, Benue had 2 cases each. Gombe, Enugu, Ebonyi, Ogun, FCT and Rivers had a case each.

鈥淎s of 11: 50p.m., 12th May, there were 4, 787 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria,鈥� the tweet stated.

Meanwhile, 959 patients have been discharged from the treatment facilities across the country, while 158 patients have died of the disease.