The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 86 new cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country.
The agency disclosed this in a tweet via its official Twitter handle at 12:00 midnight on Sunday.
According to the tweet, the new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases to 627 in Nigeria.
The total number of deaths from the global pandemic in the country has also risen to 21, the agency stated.
Furthermore, NCDC disclosed that 170 patients have been discharged after recovering from the virus across the nation.
“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″
Giving a breakdown of total recorded cases by state, NCDC stated, “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, and Jigawa- 2”.
The agency further explained that, “One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state. Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020.”
