The number of persons infected with the Coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to 1095.
This followed the confirmation of 114 new cases on Friday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
Announcing the result on its verified Twitter handle, the NCDC, noted that 80 out of the 114 cases were confirmed in Lagos even as it disclosed that five cases originally recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now 657.
The tweet read: “114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
80 in Lagos
21 in Gombe
5 in FCT
2 in Zamfara
2 in Edo
1 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Kaduna
1 in Sokoto
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“As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 208
Deaths: 32
” As at 11:30 pm 24th April:
Lagos-657 , FCT-138, Kano-73, Ogun-35, Gombe-30, Katsina-21, Osun-20, Edo-19, Oyo-18, Borno-12, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Kaduna-10 , Bauchi-8, Delta-6, Ekiti-4, Ondo-3, Rivers-3 , Jigawa-2, *Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2 , Sokoto-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1 and Plateau-1.
“As at 24th April, Nigeria has recorded #COVID19 confirmed cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory .
“In the last 24 hours, number of new cases increased by 114. Number of deaths increased by 1.
5 cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases.”
