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Nigeria records 196 new COVID-19 cases, total now 1728

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196 new cases of #COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria yesterday, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728. The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 51.

COVID-19 has spread to 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, with Yobe is the most recent state to record a case of COVID-19 in the country.

It tweeted, “196 new cases of #COVID19 reported: 87 were recorded in Lagos, Kano – 24,
Gombe – 18, Kaduna – 17, FCT- 16, Katsina – 10, Sokoto – 8, Edo – 7, Borno – 6, one each in Yobe, Ebonyi, and Adamawa.

“As of 11:55 pm on the 29th of April, 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307; Deaths: 51.”

CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 29TH 2020
Total Samples Tested
> 12004
Total Confirmed cases
1728
Discharged
307
Death
51

States Affected
No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)
No. of Active Cases
No. Discharged
No of Deaths
Lagos
931
718
192
21
Abuja FCT
174
135
36
3
Kano
139
136
0
3
Gombe
64
64
0
0
Borno
59
54
0
5
Ogun
50
43
6
1
Katsina
40
38
0
2
Edo
37
25
9
3
Osun
34
14
18
2
Kaduna
32
26
6
0
Bauchi
29
23
6
0
Sokoto
27
24
0
3
Oyo
21
10
9
2
Akwa Ibom
12
2
9
1
Kwara
11
9
2
0
Ekiti
8
5
2
1
Ondo
8
5
3
0
Taraba
8
8
0
0
Delta
7
1
4
2
Rivers
7
3
2
2
Jigawa
7
7
0
0
Zamfara
4
4
0
0
Abia
2
2
0
0
Enugu
3
1
2
0
Niger
2
2
0
0
Benue
1
1
0
0
Anambra
1
0
1
0
Adamawa
2
2
0
0
Plateau
1
1
0
0
Imo
1
1
0
0
Bayelsa
1
1
0
0
Ebonyi
2
2
0
0
Kebbi
1
1
0
0
Nasarawa
1
1
0
0
Yobe
1
1
0
0
Total
1728
1370
307
51

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle.


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