Yemisi Izuora
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 38 new COVID-19 cases in the country.
The cases were recorded in five states, bringing Nigeria’s total to 665.
According to the breakdown, 23 were recorded in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two in Borno, two in Abia, and one each in the federal capital territory, Sokoto and Ekiti.
Lagos, which currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, recorded no case for Monday.
NCDC made this disclosure via its Twitter handle.
For the first time since collation commenced, Lagos State did not record any case.
However, the NCDC announced that a new patient died of coronavirus-related complications; thereby bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the country to 22.
It tweeted, “Thirty-eight new cases of COVID19 have been reported: 23 in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna; two in Borno, two in Abia, one in FCT, one in Sokoto, and one in Ekiti
“As of 11:10 pm on the 20th April, there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 188; Deaths: 22.
“Breakdown of cases by states: Lagos – 376, FCT-89, Kano-59, Osun-20, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Ogun-12, Kwara- nine, Katsina-12, Bauchi- seven, Kaduna- nine, Akwa Ibom- nine, Delta- four, Ekiti- four, Ondo- three, Enugu- two, Rivers- two, Niger- two, Benue- one, Anambra- one, Borno- three, Jigawa- two, Abia- two, Gombe – five, and Sokoto- one.”