Breaking! Nigeria records 117 fresh #COVID-19 cases! See details here 👇

Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases has hit a new figure as the country confirms 117 new cases across the country in the last few hours which now brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 782.

The National Center for Disease Control released the new figures few minutes ago and it reads that Lagos has the highest number of new cases with 59 despite recording no new case yesterday.

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The number of new COVID-19 cases in the north is on the rise with Kano having 14 new cases, Katsina with 4, Borno 6, Abuja 29, and Bauchi with 1.

See details below:

117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

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59 in Lagos
29 in FCT
14 in Kano
6 in Borno
4 in Katsina
3 in Ogun
1 in Rivers
1 in Bauchi

As at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 197
Deaths: 25 pic.twitter.com/i6UaoqWHiu

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020

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As at 11:25 pm 21st April, breakdown of cases by states:

Lagos-430
FCT-118
Kano-73
Osun-20
Ogun-20
Oyo-16
Katsina-16
Edo-15
Kwara-9
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Borno-9
Bauchi-8
Gombe-5
Delta-4
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020

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The National Center for Disease Control also confirmed that the five previous COVID-19 cases reported in Lagos have been transferred to Ogun State.

So far, 197 patients have been discharged but 25 deaths have also been recorded.