Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of #COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle.
The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 51.
Reports have it that COVID-19 has spread to 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Yobe is the most recent state to record a case of COVID-19 in the country.
It tweeted, “196 new cases of #COVID19 reported: 87 were recorded in Lagos, Kano – 24,
Gombe – 18, Kaduna – 17, FCT- 16, Katsina – 10, Sokoto – 8, Edo – 7, Borno – 6, one each in Yobe, Ebonyi, and Adamawa.
“As of 11:55 pm on the 29th of April, 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307; Deaths: 51.”CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 29TH 2020
Total Samples Tested > 12004 Total Confirmed cases 1728 Discharged 307 Death 51
States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Active Cases No. Discharged No of Deaths Lagos 931 718 192 21 Abuja FCT 174 135 36 3 Kano 139 136 0 3 Gombe 64 64 0 0 Borno 59 54 0 5 Ogun 50 43 6 1 Katsina 40 38 0 2 Edo 37 25 9 3 Osun 34 14 18 2 Kaduna 32 26 6 0 Bauchi 29 23 6 0 Sokoto 27 24 0 3 Oyo 21 10 9 2 Akwa Ibom 12 2 9 1 Kwara 11 9 2 0 Ekiti 8 5 2 1 Ondo 8 5 3 0 Taraba 8 8 0 0 Delta 7 1 4 2 Rivers 7 3 2 2 Jigawa 7 7 0 0 Zamfara 4 4 0 0 Abia 2 2 0 0 Enugu 3 1 2 0 Niger 2 2 0 0 Benue 1 1 0 0 Anambra 1 0 1 0 Adamawa 2 2 0 0 Plateau 1 1 0 0 Imo 1 1 0 0 Bayelsa 1 1 0 0 Ebonyi 2 2 0 0 Kebbi 1 1 0 0 Nasarawa 1 1 0 0 Yobe 1 1 0 0 Total 1728 1370 307 51
