By Ralph Chris-Izokpu
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), announced sixteen recoveries and discharged with 64 new confirmed cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 1337.
This was disclosed in a tweet on Monday night by the NCDC, at its official twitter handle, that 64 new cases was recorded with sixteen recoveries and discharged, just as the nation’s total deaths still stands at 40 with 255 recoveries.
According to data released by the (NCDC), ” the 64 new cases of #COVID19 were reported from five stats of the country; 34-Lagos, 15-FCT, 11-Borno, 2-Taraba, 2-Gombe.
The NCDC, tweet said, “64 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 34-Lagos, 15-FCT, 11-Borno, 2-Taraba, 2-Gombe. As at 11:20pm 27th April- 1337 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 255 Discharged and 40.
The tweet also said that, “one case previously reported as a Lagos State case, is now reported as an FCT case. The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now at 764 and 157 in FCT.
For a breakdown of cases by states, As at 11:20pm 27th April, Lagos state currently, had 764, FCT-157, Kano-77, Ogun-35, Osun-34, Gombe-37, Katsina-30, Borno-41, Edo-25, Oyo-21, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-12, Bauchi-14, Kaduna-10, Ekiti-8, Ondo-8, Delta-6, Rivers-6, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2, Sokoto-10, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1, Plateau-1, Imo-1, Taraba 8, Bayelsa 1, Ebonyi 1 Kebbi 1.
