Coronavirus Nigeria update: 238 new cases recorded as total hits 2,170

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 238 new cases of coronavirus, which is the COVID-19 pandemic, have been recorded in the last 24 hours.

NCDC also announced that 10 more casualties were recorded, bringing the total number of deaths to 68.

Kano State recorded 92 new cases while Lagos State recorded 30 new cases, bringing the state above the 1,000-mark with a total of 1006 cases recorded in the state.

“238 new cases of #COVID19, “the NCDC writes on their official Twitter handle.

92-Kano
36-FCT
30-Lagos
16-Gombe
10-Bauchi
8-Delta
6-Oyo
5-Zamfara
5-Sokoto
4-Ondo
4-Nasarawa
3-Kwara
3-Edo
3-Ekiti
3-Borno
3-Yobe
2-Adamawa
1-Niger
1-Imo
1-Ebonyi
1-Rivers
1-Enugu

2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria; Discharged: 351; Deaths: 68,” NCDC adds.

238 new cases of #COVID19;

92-Kano
36-FCT
30-Lagos
16-Gombe
10-Bauchi
8-Delta
6-Oyo
5-Zamfara
5-Sokoto
4-Ondo
4-Nasarawa
3-Kwara
3-Edo
3-Ekiti
3-Borno
3-Yobe
2-Adamawa
1-Niger
1-Imo
1-Ebonyi
1-Rivers
1-Enugu

2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 351
Deaths: 68 pic.twitter.com/0sWoV3sATV

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 1, 2020

Breakdown of cases by state as at May 1, 2020 pic.twitter.com/l3NSukEBXV

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 1, 2020