Nigeria has recorded 86 new cases of the novel Coronavirus infections in Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
In a tweet sent late last night Sunday, the NCDC reported 70 cases in Lagos, 7 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, 3 in Kastina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno respectively.
The health agency also recorded an increase of two deaths, bringing total casualties to 21.
However, the number of discharged patients has risen by 4 to 170.
“Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, 1 in Bauchi, 1 in Borno,” NCDC writes on their official Twitter handle.
“As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21” the tweet adds.
As at 11:50 pm 19th April, the breakdown of cases by state is:
Lagos- 376
FCT- 88
Kano- 36
Osun- 20
Oyo- 16
Edo- 15
Ogun- 12
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 12
Bauchi- 7
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 9
Delta- 4
Ekiti- 3
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1
Borno- 1
Jigawa- 2
