NCDC Announces New 238 Cases With Kano Recording 92 Infections
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday confirmed a total number of new 238 coronavirus cases in the country and also a total of 10 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Lagos State, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria, recorded 30 new cases. The spread of the virus further intensified in Gombe State as the state recorded 16 new states.
Bauchi recorded 10 new cases while Delta state has eight new cases, NCDC also announced six new cases in Oyo State.
Zamfara and Sokoto states both recorded five new cases each, while Ondo and Nassarawa recorded four new cases each.
Kwara, Edo, Ekiti, Borno and Yobe states all recorded three new cases each.
While Adamawa got new cases in the last 24 hours, Niger, Imo, Ebonyi, Rivers and Enugu states reported one new case of coronavirus each.
In total, Nigeria has now confirmed 2170 cases of COVID19, discharged 351 persons, while 68 persons have died.
Nigeria will begin a “phased and gradual” easing of more than four weeks of lockdowns in the national capital and the largest city on May 4, President Muhammadu Buhari said in an address on Monday.