117 New Cases Of COVID19 Have Been Confirmed In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for disease control (NCDC) has reported that 117 new cases of COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria.


NCDC disclosed this in a series of tweets, 59 in Lagos, 29 in FCT, 14 in Kano, 6 in Borno, 4 in Katsina, 3 in Ogun, 1 in Rivers and 1 in Bauchi.


NCDC said as at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

59 in Lagos
29 in FCT
14 in Kano
6 in Borno
4 in Katsina
3 in Ogun
1 in Rivers
1 in Bauchi

As at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 197
Deaths: 25 pic.twitter.com/i6UaoqWHiu

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020

Also the center revealed that, Five cases previously reported in Lagos State have been transferred to Ogun State.

Five cases previously reported in Lagos State have been transferred to Ogun State

Therefore, Lagos has reported 430 confirmed cases while Ogun has reported 20 confirmed cases

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020

See the breakdown below:

As at 11:25 pm 21st April, breakdown of cases by states:

Lagos-430
FCT-118
Kano-73
Osun-20
Ogun-20
Oyo-16
Katsina-16
Edo-15
Kwara-9
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Borno-9
Bauchi-8
Gombe-5
Delta-4
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020