Nigeria enrols 86 new cases of Coronavirus, 627 confirmed

 

Nigeria on Sunday recorded her highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in a single day with 86 new cases.

And out of that number, Lagos alone hauled in a whopping 70.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said as at 11:50 pm on the 19th of April 2020, 86 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded.

Till date, 627 cases have been confirmed, 170 cases have been discharged and 21 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria, the NCDC announced.

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Two deaths were reported in Akwa Ibom and Borno states.

The 86 new cases are reported from seven states – Lagos (70), FCT (7), Akwa Ibom (3), Katsina (3), Borno (1), Bauchi (1) and Jigawa (1).

A multi-sectoral national emergency operations centre (EOC), activated at Level 3, continues to coordinate the national response activities, according to NCDC.

CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 19TH 2020