Nigeria has confirmed 238 new cases of coronavirus, raising the country’s total to 2,170.
The figures released late Friday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), showed Kano leading the table for the second straight day ahead of Abuja and Lagos.
While Kano reported 92 new cases, Abuja follows with 36 while Lagos fell to the third spot for the first time with 30.
In all, Lagos remains the epicentre of the infection with 1,006 cases, followed by Kano with 311 and Abuja with 214 Gombe and Borno take the fourth and fifth positions of the total.
Since the start of the pandemic, 351 patients have been treated and discharged across the country. Sixty eight people have so far been officially confirmed to have died of the virus.
Here is a list of the latest cases:
92-Kano
36-FCT
30-Lagos
16-Gombe
10-Bauchi
8-Delta
6-Oyo
5-Zamfara
5-Sokoto
4-Ondo
4-Nasarawa
3-Kwara
3-Edo
3-Ekiti
3-Borno
3-Yobe
2-Adamawa
1-Niger
1-Imo
1-Ebonyi
1-Rivers
1-Enugu
