COVID-19: 114 New Cases Confirmed in Nigeria, Total Now 1095

• COVID-19: 114 New Cases Confirmed in Nigeria, Total Now 1095

The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases rose to a record-high of 1095 on Friday, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

NCDC, in a tweet, reported 114 new confirmed cases in Africa’s most populous nation.

“As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” the NCDC stated in a tweet.

As of March 24, 2020, the total number of COVID-19 infected people was just 42 with one death. However, a month later the number has risen by 96.16 percent to 1095 with 32 deaths, indicating that the pace of spread has increased substantially in the last one month and rise the possibility of the federal government extending the ongoing lockdown.

A breakdown of the latest report revealed that 80 in Lagos; 21 in Gombe; 5 in FCT; 2 in Zamfara; 2 in Edo; 1 in Ogun; 1 in Oyo; 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Sokoto.

Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now 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 and Plateau-1.