NCDC confirms 114 new COVID-19 cases, toll now 1095

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Friday confirmed 114 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s toll 1095.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in a Tweet vis verified twitter handle said the new infections were recorded in Lagos, Gombe, FCT, Zamfara, Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto.

According to the health agency, Lagos alone accounted for 80 of the new infections, followed by Gombe with 21.

The tweet read, ”114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

80 in Lagos
21 in Gombe
5 in FCT
2 in Zamfara
2 in Edo
1 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Kaduna
1 in Sokoto

”As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria”.

Discharged: 208
Deaths: 32

The break down of the infections as at 11:30 pm 24th April according to the agency, shows…

Lagos-657
FCT-138
Kano-73
Ogun-35
Gombe-30
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Edo-19
Oyo-18
Borno-12
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-10
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1