Nigeria has recorded its highest number of coronavirus cases yet, with the figure for Tuesday at 195. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday.
This figure brings Nigeria’s tally to1532. The total number of those discharged is 255 and deaths 44. The agency said.
With the newly reported cases, Lagos remains the epic centre of the virus with Kano following closely.
A breakdown of the new cases showed that Lagos recorded 80 cases, 38-Kano,15-Ogun,15-Bauchi,11-Borno,10-Gombe, 9-Sokoto, 5-Edo, 5-Jigawa, 2-Zamfara, 1-Rivers,1-Enugu,1-Delta,1-FCT and 1 case in Nasarawa.
According to NCDC, as of 12:00 a.m. April 28, there were 1,532 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Of these, 255 infected people have recovered and have been discharged and 44 deaths have been recorded in 33 states and the FCT.
In all, Lagos State has so far reported 844 cases, followed by FCT – 158, Kano – 115, Borno – 53, Gombe – 46, Ogun – 50, Osun – 34, Katsina – 30, Edo – 30, Bauchi – 29, Oyo – 21, Sokoto – 19, Kaduna – 15, Akwa Ibom – 12, Kwara – 11, Ekiti, Taraba and Ondo – 8, Delta and Rivers – 7, Enugu – 3, Jigawa – 7, Niger – 2, Abia – 2, and Zamfara – 4. Benue, Anambra, Adamawa, Plateau, Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Kebbi, Nasarawa, and Imo have one case each.
Coronavirus have been confirmed in numerous countries and territories in the globe. Virus-screening and quarantining measures are being implemented at airports worldwide, as well as extensive travel restrictions. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak, a global pandemic.
The first case of the virus was recorded in December. The source of the outbreak was linked to a wet market in Wuhan (Hubei province, China).
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