Nigeria has recorded 114 new cases of COVID-19, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced.
NCDC, on its verified twitter handle on Friday evening, said 80 of the new cases are in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, five in FCT, two in Zamfara, two in Edo, one in Ogun, one in Oyo, one in Kaduna, one in Sokoto
With them, Nigeria has 1095 cases of COVID-19 cases with 32 deaths.
According to NCDC, “As at 24th April, Nigeria has recorded #COVID19 confirmed cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory… In the last 24 hours, number of new cases increased by 114. Number of deaths increased by 1. Five cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases”
Below is a breakdown of COVID-19 cases across the country:
Lagos-657
FCT-138
Kano-73
Ogun-35
Gombe-30
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Edo-19
Oyo-18
Borno-12
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-10
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1
Earlier on Friday at the presidential task force on COVID-19 briefing in Abuja, Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, had said it would take some time before the country recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.