AFNEWS has gotten more details regarding the new COVID 19 case confirmed in Abia State by NCDC yesterday.

Remember, Abia State government had revealed the location of the May 17th 2020 confirmed cases to be Ofeme, Afugiri and Olokoro. These cases are already receiving treatment at the Isolation/Treatment Center in Amachara Specialist Hospital in Abia State.

Information reaching AFNEWS has it that the new case was discovered in Aba commercial city of Abia State. We will be expecting more details from Abia State Government today.

National COVID-19 Update

276 new cases of #COVID19;

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

8344 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 2385
Deaths: 249

-NCDC

More details coming..