Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced thirty-eight (38) new cases of Coronavirus.
The centre made this known in a tweet on Monday evening, stating that 23 cases were reported in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in Borno, 2 in Abia and one each in FCT, Sokoto and Ekiti states.
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 EkitiAs at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 188
Deaths: 22 pic.twitter.com/k354y8KS0W— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 20, 2020
In a follow up, the centre made a breakdown of cases per state from the worst-hit state ( Lagos – 376) to least-hit state (Sokoto, Anambra and Benue with one case each).
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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 20, 2020
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday said it has tested 8,003 samples for COVID-19 in the country.The information was contained in the NCDC’s COVID-19 situation report dated April 19, 2020, Channels TV reports.
The report noted that 9,233 have been identified as ‘People of Interest’ with about 98 per cent now contacted.
According to the report, 22 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have reported at least one case of COVID-19.
The death rate was put at three per cent (3%)
The NCDC data also reflected that more men (70 per cent) had been infected in the country.
The most affected age-group was the 31 – 40 bracket, the report said.
