The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 86 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, with Lagos state having the highest figure of 70 .
With the new cases, the country now has 627 cases, 170 discharged and 21 death.
The Centre claimed that one case previously reported in Kano has been transferred to Jigawa state adding, “Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020”.
According to NCDC, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has seven new cases, Katsina and Akwa Ibom States have three each, Jigawa, Bauchi and Borno States have one each.
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 and Jigawa- 2.
