COVID-19: Toll rises to 873 in Nigeria.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has released the COVID-19 database again and has confirmed 91 new cases as the toll increases to 873 in Nigeria.

Without new reports of patients being discharged the spread of pandemic coronavirus diseases increases especially in Lagos with 504 out of 873 cases making the state the epicenter of coronavirus in Nigeria.

As at 11:25 pm 22nd April, there are 873 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria, the death toll increased by 2 compared to report released on the 21st making it 28 Deaths so far and no of Discharged patients pegging at 197 as of the time of the report.

Out of the 91 new cases reported;

74 in Lagos
5 in Katsina
4 in Ogun
2 in Delta
2 in Edo
1 in Kwara
1 in Oyo
1 in FCT
1 in Adamawa

Here’s the breakdown of cases by state:

Lagos-504
FCT-119
Kano-73
Ogun-24
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Oyo-17
Edo-17
Kwara-10
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Borno-9
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Gombe-5
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1
Adamawa-1

As at 11:25 pm 22nd April, breakdown of cases by state:

Lagos-504
FCT-119
Kano-73
Ogun-24
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Oyo-17
Edo-17
Kwara-10
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Borno-9
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Gombe-5
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1
Adamawa-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 22, 2020