COVID-19: Nigeria Confirmed Cases Leaps to 627 and 86 Cases Reported

"As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria," NCDC reveals.

Apr 20, 2020 - 01:54

COVID-19: Nigeria Confirmed Cases Leaps to 627 and 86 Cases Reported

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Sunday confirmed 86 new coronavirus cases in the country.

The new cases increase Nigeria’s total number of confirmed infections in the country to 627.

"Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 70 in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, 1 in Bauchi and 1 in Borno,” NCDC tweeted.

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

70 in Lagos
7 in FCT
3 in Katsina
3 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Jigawa
1 in Bauchi
1 in Borno

As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 170
Deaths: 21 pic.twitter.com/7gsnusWRow
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020

NCDC said the total number of fatalities recorded from the virus in Nigeria has increased to 21 while 170 have been discharged.

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As at 11:50 pm 19th April, the breakdown of cases by state is:

Lagos- 376
FCT- 88
Kano- 36
Osun- 20
Oyo- 16
Edo- 15
Ogun- 12
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 12
Bauchi- 7
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 9
Delta- 4
Ekiti- 3
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1
Borno- 1
Jigawa- 2

“One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state. Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020.”