Eighty six new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigerian with Lagos having 70.
The number shoots the total number in the country up to 627.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made this known on its Twitter handle.
The tweets 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
“One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state.
“Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the 19th of April 2020.”
“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
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
Borno- 1
Jigawa- 2”
