By Abdul Rahman Aliagan, Abuja
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 38 new COVID-19 cases, making the total number of confirmed cases to be 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.
Kano State has 23, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two in Borno, two in Abia, one in FCT, one in Sokoto and another one in Ekiti.
A total of 26 states including the FCT have recorded cases of COVID. “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.
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
pic.twitter.com/k354y8KS0W — NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 20, 2020
