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Nigeria’s’ COVID-19 toll hits 782 with 25 states affected( See breakdown)

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April 22, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday updated the number of States with confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country.

NCDC in a tweet confirmed that there are now 25 states with COVID-19 across the country.

Giving a breakdown of the State with cases, it wrote: “As at 11:25 pm 21th April, the breakdown of cases by State is:

117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

59 in Lagos
29 in FCT
14 in Kano
6 in Borno
4 in Katsina
3 in Ogun
1 in Rivers
1 in Bauchi

As at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 197
Deaths: 25 pic.twitter.com/i6UaoqWHiu
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020

According to information made available by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 59 out of the 117 cases were recorded in Lagos, followed by 29 in the FCT, 24 in Kano, and 6 in Borno. There were also 4 new cases in Katsina, 3 in Ogun, and 1 in Rivers and Bauchi states, respectively.

So far, the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria has risen to 782. Only 197 patients have recovered, even as the fatalities currently stand at 25.