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COVID-19 now in 27 States and the FCT as confirmed cases surpass 1000

Admin April 25, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 144 new cases of coronavirus.

According to the Centre in a series of tweets on Friday night, “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 while 5 cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases.

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

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
Plateau-1

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