Coronavirus cases in Nigeria exceed 1,000, with 114 new infections

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have surpassed 1,000, as the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced 114 new infections late last night.



According to the NCDC, on its twitter handle, the total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria stand at 1,095.

In the 114 figures of new Coronavirus infections released by the NCDC on Friday, Lagos recorded 80 of the cases, with Gombe recording 21 new infections.

Others are: FCT, two; Zamfara, two; while Edo, Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto States recorded one case each.


“114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 80 in Lagos 21 in Gombe 5 in FCT 2 in Zamfara 2 in Edo 1 in Ogun 1 in Oyo 1 in Kaduna 1 in Sokoto.

“As at 11:30 pm, 24th April there are 1,095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 208; Deaths: 32.

“As at 24th April, Nigeria has recorded #COVID19 confirmed cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory. In the last 24 hours, number of new cases increased by 114. Number of deaths increased by 1. Five cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases,” NCDC said.