By Akeem Oyetunji
The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Nigeria has risen to 665 with Kano state recording the highest number of 23 cases in 24 hours.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, other states that recorded fresh cases are Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Abia, Ekiti, Sokoto and FCT.
Prompt News reports that three states – Abia, Gombe and Sokoto recorded their first cases.
“Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
23 in Kano5 in Gombe3 in Kaduna2 in Borno2 in Abia1 in FCT1 in Sokoto1 in Ekiti
“As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 188Deaths: 22
“As at 11:10pm 20th April, breakdown of cases by states,” @NCDCgov tweets.
Lagos-376
FCT-89
Kano-59
Osun-20
Oyo-16
Edo-15
Ogun-12
Kwara-9
Katsina-12
Bauchi-7
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Delta-4
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Enugu-2
Rivers-2
Niger-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Borno-3
Jigawa-2
Abia-2
Gombe-5
Sokoto-1
