COVID-19 SAGA: 13 States affected in Nigeria, 5 New Cases Confirm in Akwa-Ibom

Nigeria has now recorded 174 cases of the virus in 13 states.

Akwa-Ibom has been added to states with confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, announced that coronavirus cases in Nigeria has risen to 174 after 23 new cases were recorded in five states.


According to the NCDC, out of the 23 cases, nine were confirmed in Lagos, 7 in Abuja, 5 in Akwa-Ibom, 1 each in Kaduna and Bauchi state.
Nigeria has now recorded 174 cases of the virus in 13 states.


This development has brought total number of coronavirus cases in Lagos to 91, the most affected state in Nigeria, followed by Abuja with 35 cases.

SEE NCDC REPORT BELOW:

Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State

As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/Wy9MzX1lsr

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

As at 08:00 pm 1st April, there are

174 confirmed cases
9 discharged
2 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states- https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet

Currently;
Lagos- 91
FCT- 35
Osun- 14
Oyo- 8
Ogun- 4
Edo- 4
Kaduna- 4
Bauchi- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Akwa Ibom- 5

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020