245 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria on Friday, May 22, 2020.
According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 131 cases were recorded in Lagos, 16 in Jigawa, 13 in Ogun, 12 in Borno, 9 in Kaduna, 9 in Oyo, 9 in Rivers, 9 in Ebonyi, 8 in Kano, 7 in Kwara, 5 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 3 in Sokoto, 2 in Bauchi, 2 in Yobe, 1 in Anambra, 1 in Gombe, 1 in Niger, 1 in Ondo, 1-Plateau, 1-FCT, 1 in Bayelsa State.
In total, Nigeria has recorded 7261 cases of COVID-19. 2007 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centers across the country, while 221 deaths have been recorded.