COVID-19 Cases Rise by 87 to 1182 in Nigeria

• COVID-19 Cases Rise by 87 to 1182 in Nigeria

The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, rose by 87 on Saturday, according to the nation’s disease control centre.

In a twitter post, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said: “As at 11:55 pm 25th April there are 1182 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.”

A breakdown of the report revealed that 33 new cases were confirmed in Lagos, 18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 in Bauchi and 1 in Imo.

Also, the total number of patients discharged so far rose to 222 while deaths due to the virus inched higher to 35, according to the NCDC.

Lagos now has 689; FCT-138; Kano-77; Ogun-35; Osun-32; Gombe-30; Katsina-30; Borno-30; Edo-22; Oyo-18; Kwara-11; Akwa Ibom-11; Bauchi-11; Kaduna-10; Ekiti-8; Ondo-4; Delta-6; Rivers-3; Jigawa-2; Enugu-2; Niger-2; Abia-2; Zamfara-2; Sokoto-2; Benue-1; Anambra-1; Adamawa-1; Plateau-1 and Imo-1.