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BREAKING: Nigeria records 38 new COVID-19 cases

Shom Akor
Last updated: April 21, 2020 8:35 am
By Shom Akor
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 38 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 665.

The NCDC, late Monday night also revealed that 188 cases have since been discharged with the death toll at 22.

For the first time in a long while, Lagos State, which is the epicentre of COVID-19 did not record a new case.

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.‬

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‪Discharged: 188‬
‪Deaths: 22

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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