By Ralph Chris-Izokpu
With no fewer than 35 deaths have been recorded in Nigeria from the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic which has almost spread to the whole states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The Nigeria Control for Disease Control, announced this on Saturday, said 87 new confirmed cases were recorded in the country.
According to the NCDC, this brought the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1182.
The NCDC, disclosed this via its Twitter handle on Saturday night, as it also announced that no fewer than 222 patients have been discharged in the country.
According to the NCDC, “87 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 33 in Lagos, 18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 in Bauchi and 1 in Imo. As at 11:55 pm 25th April there are 1182 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria, with 222 Discharged and 35 Deaths.
NCDC also tweed that, “One case who was confirmed in Lagos State, traveled to Ondo State for treatment. Therefore, the number of cases in Lagos is 689 and the number of cases in Ondo is 4.
As at 11:55pm 25th April, Lagos state currently, had 689, FCT-138, Kano-77, Ogun-35, Osun-32, Gombe-30, Katsina-30, Borno-30, Edo-22, Oyo-18, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Bauchi-11, Kaduna-10, Ekiti-8, Ondo-4, Delta-6, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2, Sokoto-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1, Plateau-1, Imo-1.
