Ebonyi, Taraba 2 others on map as Nigeria records 1,273 COVID-19 cases

 

Bayelsa, Ebonyi, Kebbi and Taraba states are the latest entrants on the COVID-19 status board. The four states together contributed nine cases.

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State in an address to the state said the Ebonyi index case is a 31-year-old transporter who does cargo business with his Sienna bus. He travelled from Ore, Ondo State, over a period of six days and finally got to Ebonyi.

He had with him three other passengers he picked on his way and made contact with about 300 other people. His three passengers tested negative while effort is being made to trace all the people he made contact with, the governor said.

Thirty-two states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have contributed the 1,273 confirmed cases of coronavirus so far recorded in Nigeria.

As at 11.50pm on the 26th of April 2020, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that 91 new confirmed cases and five new deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

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Till date, 1,273 cases have been confirmed, 239 cases have been discharged and 40 deaths have been recorded in 32 states and the FCT.

The 91 new cases, according to the NCDC, are reported from sixteen states – Lagos (43), Sokoto (8), Taraba (6), Kaduna(5), Gombe (5), Ondo (3), FCT (3), Edo (3), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Bauchi (3), Osun (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Bayelsa (1), Ebonyi (1) and Kebbi (1).

The NCDC said that a multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities.

CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 26TH 2020