38 new Coronavirus cases hit Nigeria

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Nigeria records 35 new cases of Coronavirus

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Nigeria has been hit with 38 new cases of Coronavirus, taking its overall total to 665.

In the report released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Monday, Kano has a whopping 23 new cases, with Lagos not having any.

Of the figures released by NCDC, Gombe, a new entrant into the league of states with the virus, has five cases, Kaduna, three; Borno, two; Abuja, one; Sokoto, one and Ekiti, one.

“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 and 1 in Ekiti.

“As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 188; Deaths: 22,” NCDC said.

How State Stands

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