UPDATED| Again, Kano leads as NCDC confirms 238 new COVID-19 cases

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Friday night confirmed 238 new COVID-19 cases across the country with Kano for the second day running recording more new cases than any other state.

The Nigeria Centre For Disease in a Tweet via its verified twitter handle said that Kano state recorded 92 new infections, followed by FCT with 36 and Lagos, the epicentre of the outbreak with 30 amognst others.

According to the health agency, Nigeria presently has 2170 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with 68 deaths while 351 persons has been discharged so far.

The tweet read, ”238 new cases of #COVID19;

92-Kano
36-FCT
30-Lagos
16-Gombe
10-Bauchi
8-Delta
6-Oyo
5-Zamfara
5-Sokoto
4-Ondo
4-Nasarawa
3-Kwara
3-Edo
3-Ekiti
3-Borno
3-Yobe
2-Adamawa
1-Niger
1-Imo
1-Ebonyi
1-Rivers
1-Enugu

2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.”
Discharged: 351
Deaths: 68