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Plateau Records Index Case Of Coronavirus

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Plateau State has recorded its index case of coronavirus (COVID-19), about two months after the first infection of the disease was reported in the country.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the first case of the disease in the state on Thursday.

In a late-night tweet, the health agency noted that the infection in Plateau was among the 108 new COVID-19 cases reported across the country.

This brings to 981 the total number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria as the NCDC has tested no fewer than 7,153 samples.

Seventy-eight of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 14 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), five in Ogun, four in Gombe, three in Borno, two in Akwa Ibom and one in Kwara State.

According to the NCDC, the new infection reported in Plateau now brings to 26, the total number of states that have recorded at least a case of COVID-19 – excluding the FCT.

Nigeria also recorded three new fatalities on Thursday, raising the nation’s total death toll from 28 reported on Wednesday to 31.

However, no new patient was discharged from the treatment facilities across the country as the number of those who have recovered remained 197.

See the case summary of COVID-19 in Nigeria as of April 23 below:

Total Samples Tested > 7153
Total Confirmed cases 981
Discharged 197
Death 31
States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Active Cases No. Discharged No of Deaths
Lagos 582 460 106 16
Abuja FCT 133 95 35 3
Kano 73 72 0 1
Ogun 29 23 5 1
Katsina 21 20 0 1
Osun 20 2 18 0
Oyo 17 11 5 1
Edo 17 8 7 2
Borno 12 10 0 2
Kwara 11 9 2 0
Akwa Ibom 11 7 3 1
Kaduna 9 5 4 0
Gombe 9 9 0 0
Bauchi 8 3 5 0
Delta 6 5 0 1
Ekiti 4 1 2 1
Ondo 3 2 1 0
Abia 2 2 0 0
Enugu 2 0 2 0
Rivers 3 0 2 1
Niger 2 2 0 0
Jigawa 2 2 0 0
Benue 1 1 0 0
Anambra 1 1 0 0
Sokoto 1 1 0 0
Adamawa 1 1 0 0
Plateau 1 1 0 0
Total 981 753 197 31