The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Monday night. 20th April announced an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
It was announced in a recent tweet by the centre that 38 new cases have been reported, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 665.
“Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 23 in Kano 5 in Gombe 3 in Kaduna 2 in Borno 2 in Abia 1 in FCT 1 in Sokoto 1 in Ekiti As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria”.
188 patients have been discharged after fully recovering and testing negative twice. The country has also recorded 22 deaths.
According to Vanguard, as at 11:50 pm NCDC announced 86 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
And of the 86 cases, 70 were recorded in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, 1 in Bauchi, 1 in Borno.