Breaking - NCDC Confirms 196 New Cases Of COVID-19 In Nigeria, Total Now 1728

Nigeria Centre for Disease control (NCDC) on Wednesday announced that Nigeria recorded 196 new cases of COVID-19, its highest ever Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases.

Mackenzieskyblog recalls that Nigeria recorded 195 cases on Tuesday 28th April, and then on Wednesday 29th April the number of reported cases went one more above that figure.

The total breakdown of reported cases per states are Lagos (87); Kano (24); Gombe (18); Kaduna (17); Federal Capital Territory (16); Katsina (10); Sokoto (eight); Edo (seven) and Borno (six). Yobe, Ebonyi and Adamawa states have one case each.

According to the NCDC, the number of discharged patients rose from 225 to 307, likewise the number of death cases rose from 44 to 55.

As at 11.55pm 29th April, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria is now (One thousand, seven hundred and twenty eight) 1728.

Lagos and Katsina states discharged Fifty-five patients from isolation centres.

196 new cases of #COVID19 reported;

87-Lagos
24-Kano
18-Gombe
17-Kaduna
16-FCT
10-Katsina
8-Sokoto
7-Edo
6-Borno
1-Yobe
1-Ebonyi
1-Adamawa

As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 307
Deaths: 51 pic.twitter.com/1ul1P8JvTH

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 29, 2020