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Nigeria Announces 38 New COVID-19 Cases
  • Nigeria Announces 38 New COVID-19 Cases

The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases surged by 38 on Monday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

On Sunday, the centre reported 86 new cases to take the total number of infected people to 627, with 38 new cases the total number is now 665.

However, 188 patients have been discharged so far while total deaths due to the virus rose 3 from the 19 announced on Sunday to 22 on Monday.

“As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” NCDC stated on its official Twitter handle.

A break down of the 38 new cases shows that 23 cases were confirmed in Kano; 5 in Gombe; 3 in Kaduna; 2 in Borno; 2 in Abia; 1 in FCT; 1 in Sokoto and 1 in Ekiti.

Lagos now has a total number of 376 comfirmed cases. Followed by 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 and Sokoto-1.
Samed Olukoya

Is the CEO and Founder of Investors King Limited. He is a seasoned foreign exchange research analyst and a published author on Yahoo Finance, Business Insider, Nasdaq, Entrepreneur.com, Investorplace, and other prominent platforms. With over two decades of experience in global financial markets, Olukoya is well-recognized in the industry.

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