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Nigeria Records 86 COVID-19 Cases, See All Affected States

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BREAKING: Nigeria Records 86 COVID-19 Cases, See All Affected States

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 86 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 86 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, April 19.

This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the eighty-six coronavirus cases recorded on Sunday evening, 70 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno, northeast Nigeria.

The 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.

“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,” the tweet added.

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to six hundred and twenty-seven (627) with one hundred and seventy (170) people discharged and twenty-one (21 ) deaths recorded so far.

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