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Nigeria records 38 new cases of COVID-19; Lagos records no case as Abia, Gombe, Sokoto join the list

For the first time since the outbreak entered the country, Lagos State has recorded no case of coronavirus for 24 hours on Monday. According to the Nigeria Center for Diseases Control, Abia,…

For the first time since the outbreak entered the country, Lagos State has recorded no case of coronavirus for 24 hours on Monday.

According to the Nigeria Center for Diseases Control, Abia, Gombe and Sokoto joined the list of the state with cases as the recorded 2, 5 and 1 respectively as the center announced new 38 cases.

Kano leads the log on Monday with 23 cases.

Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

23 in Kano
5 in Gombe
3 in Kaduna
2 in Borno
2 in Abia
1 in FCT
1 in Sokoto
1 in Ekiti

As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 188
Deaths: 22

As at 11:10pm 20th April, breakdown of cases by states:

Lagos-376
FCT-89
Kano-59
Osun-20
Oyo-16
Edo-15
Ogun-12
Kwara-9
Katsina-12

Bauchi-7
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Delta-4
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Enugu-2
Rivers-2
Niger-2
Benue-1

Anambra-1
Borno-3
Jigawa-2
Abia-2
Gombe-5
Sokoto-1

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Published April 21, 2020
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