Nigeria Records 108 COVID-19 Cases, See Breakdown For Each State

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 108 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Thursday evening, April 23.

This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the ninety-one coronavirus cases recorded on Thursday evening, 78 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 14 in FCT 5 in Ogun 4 in Gombe 3 Borno 2 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Kwara 1 in Plateau, northern Nigeria.

The NCDC tweeted: “108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 78 in Lagos 14 in FCT 5 in Ogun 4 in Gombe 3 Borno 2 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Kwara 1 in Plateau As at 11:30 pm 23rd April there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 197 Deaths: 31.

“As at 11:30 pm 23rd April, cases by state: Lagos-582 FCT-133 Kano-73 Ogun-29 Katsina-21 Osun-20 Oyo-17 Edo-17 Borno-12 Kwara-11 Akwa Ibom-11 Kaduna-9 Gombe-9 Bauchi-8 Delta-6 Ekiti-4 Ondo-3 Rivers-3 Jigawa-2 Enugu-2 Niger-2 Abia-2 Benue-1 Anambra-1 Sokoto-1 Adamawa-1 Plateau-1,” the tweet added.

108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

78 in Lagos
14 in FCT
5 in Ogun
4 in Gombe
3 Borno
2 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Kwara
1 in Plateau

As at 11:30 pm 23rd April there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 197
Deaths: 31#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/cq7STlnHGJ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 23, 2020

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to nine hundred and eighty-one (981) with one hundred and ninety-seven (197) people discharged and thirty-one (31) deaths recorded so far.