The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Wednesday, reported the nation has confirmed 91 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), a pandemic outbreak in the country.
This brings the total number of cases confirmed to 873.
According to NCDC, 74 cases were discovered in Lagos, 5 in Katsina,4 in Ogun, 2 in Delta, 2 in Edo, 1 in Kwara, 1 in Oyo, 1 in FCT, 1 in Adamawa.
In a related development, Oyo state has recorded first death from the coronavirus pandemic as a patient died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan.
Also, the number of confirmed cases in the state is now 17 according to the report by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control.
Seyi Makinde, the state governor made this known in a tweet on Wednesday night.
He said: “The COVID-19 confirmation test for one suspected case came back POSITIVE.
“The patient died at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, before his result came out today. Contact tracing has already commenced.”
As at 11:25 pm 22nd April, breakdown of cases by state:
Lagos-504
FCT-119
Kano-73
Ogun-24
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Oyo-17
Edo-17
Kwara-10
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Borno-9
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Gombe-5
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1
Adamawa-1
