The agency in a tweet late on Wednesday evening said the 284 new cases were reported in 13 states.
These are Lagos, Rivers, Oyo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) , Borno, Plateau, Jigawa, Kano, Abia, Ekiti, Delta, Kwara,and Taraba.
NCDC said "on May 20, 284 new confirmed cases and 8 deaths was recorded in Nigeria
"Till date, 6677 cases have been confirmed, 1840 cases have been discharged and 200 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, the agency tweeted.
The 284 new cases were reported from 13 states: Lagos - 199, Rivers - 26, Oyo - 19, FCT - 8, Borno - 8, Plateau - 7, Jigawa - 6, Kano - 5, Abia - 2, Ekiti - 1, Delta - 1 , Kwara - 1, and Taraba - 1.
A breakdown of the 6,677 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2,954 cases, followed by Kano - 847, FCT - 435, Katsina - 281, Bauchi - 224, Borno - 227, Jigawa - 211, Ogun - 178, Oyo - 162,Kaduna - 152, Gombe - 136, Edo - 119, Sokoto - 113, Rivers - 79, ,Zamfara - 76, Kwara - 66, Plateau - 57, Osun - 42, Nasarawa - 34, Yobe - 32, Kebbi - 32, Delta - 28, Adamawa - 26, Niger - 22, Ondo - 20, Ekiti - 19,Akwa Ibom - 18, Taraba - 18, Enugu - 16, Ebonyi - 13, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 7, Abia - 7, Benue - 5, and Anambra - 5 .
