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COVID-19 Pandemic Spreads In Nigeria

Virus Spreads To 21 States

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5 years ago

April 20, 2020

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By Ayodele Oluwafemi

The COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria escalated on Sunday with 82 new cases and with the disease spreading to two new states of Jigawa and Borno.

The disease has now gotten to 21 states and the FCT.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said with the latest development the latest figure brings the total number of confirmed cases to 627.

NCDC, through its verified Twitter account on Sunday, disclosed that the 86 new cases of COVID-19 were reported from seven states, 70 in Lagos, seven in FCT, three each in Katsina and Akwa Ibom, one each in Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno States.

The agency tweeted thus:

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

The breakdown of cases by state is:

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
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020

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