Kano Overtakes FCT With More COVID-19 Cases

In but three weeks after recording its COVID-19 patient , Kano State has overtaken the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The state jumped to second after Lagos within the number of confirmed cases.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), during a Tweet on Thursday, confirmed that Kano has 80 new cases, taking its total to 219 as against 178 cases in FCT.

Meanwhile, the confirmed number of Coronavirus cases in Lagos State, which is that the epicentre has jumped to 1,011.

NCDC also confirmed seven new coronavirus deaths, which bring the entire death toll to 58 with 319 discharged patients.

With the new cases recorded, Nigeria has 1,555 active cases.

“On the 30th of April 2020, 204 new confirmed cases and 7 deaths were recorded in Nigeria “No new state has reported a case within the last 24 hours.