UPDATED: Lagos records 70 new COVID-19 cases as NCDC confirms 86 new infections

Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Sunday confirmed Eighty-six new coronavirus cases across the country, bringing the country’s total toll to 627.

The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control (NCDC) in a Tweet late Sunday night said that Lagos, the epicentre of the outbreak in Nigeria recorded 70 new cases. the FCT recorded 7, Katsina 3, Akwa Ibom 3, Jigawa, Bauchi and Bornu recorded 1 case each.

The tweet read, ”Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

70 in Lagos
7 in FCT
3 in Katsina
3 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Jigawa
1 in Bauchi
1 in Borno

”As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria”.

Discharged: 170
Deaths: 21

The NCDC further stated that – As at 11:50 pm 19th April, the breakdown of cases by state is:

Lagos- 376, FCT 88, Kano 36, Osun 20, Oyo 16, Edo 15, Ogun 12, Oyo 16, Kwara 9, Katsina 12, Bauchi 7, Kaduna 6, Akwa Ibom 9, Delta 4, Ekiti 3, Ondo 3, Enugu 2, Rivers 2, Niger 2, Benue 1, Anambra 1, Bornu 1 and Jigawa 2.

As of 11:58pm on April 18, the total number of those tested in Nigeria are 7,153 out of which there are 627 confirmed cases. 436 active cases, 170 recoveries and 21 deaths.