Nigeria on Wednesday recorded fresh 196 cases of coronavirus, bringing the tally to 1728.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) who announced this on its Twitter handle, said the country also recorded seven deaths bringing the total number of deaths to 51.
Of the 196 new cases of #COVID19 reported, Lagos had 84, Kano 24, Gombe 18, Kaduna 17, 16 in FCT, 10 in Katsina 8 in Sokoto and in Edo. Borno had 6, while Yobe, Ebonyi and Adamawa recorded one case each.
According to NCDC, “As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 307 Deaths: 51,” the health agency wrote.
A breakdown of all the 1,728 cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 931 cases, followed by FCT – 174, Kano – 139, Borno – 59, Gombe – 64, Ogun – 50, Osun – 34, Katsina – 40, Edo – 37, Bauchi – 29, Oyo – 21,Sokoto – 27, Kaduna – 32, Akwa Ibom – 12, Kwara – 11, Ekiti, Taraba and Ondo – 8, Delta and Rivers – 7, Enugu – 3, Jigawa – 7, Niger – 2, Ebonyi – 2, Adamawa – 2, Abia – 2, and Zamfara – 4. Benue, Anambra, Plateau, Bayelsa,, Kebbi, Nasarawa Yobe and Imo have one case each.
