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Nigeria Records 290 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Deaths

Nigeria has recorded 290 new COVID-19 cases and two fresh deaths.


A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab from his nose during a community COVID-19 testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV
A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab from his nose during a community COVID-19 testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV

 

Nigeria has recorded 290 new COVID-19 cases and two fresh deaths.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said this in its COVID update for Thursday.

According to the report, the 290 cases were recorded in 15 states: FCT (127), Lagos (45), Kaduna (28), Delta (18), Kwara (17), Plateau (13), Zamfara (10), Rivers (8), Imo (21), Ekiti (5), Nasarawa (4), Edo (3), Ondo (3), Akwa Ibom (2) and Oyo (1).

This now brings the number of cases recorded in the country to 207,210.

Of the total cases, 194,796 persons have recovered while 2,742 have died from the virus.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Cases (on admission) No. Discharged No. of Deaths
Lagos 77,015 4,001 72,350 664
FCT 22,371 1,483 20,688 200
Rivers 12,268 204 11,910 154
Kaduna 9,754 178 9,501 75
Plateau 9,485 111 9,309 65
Oyo 8,701 524 7,986 191
Edo 6,519 579 5,717 223
Ogun 5,367 14 5,273 80
Ondo 4,501 131 4,275 95
Akwa Ibom 4,320 379 3,897 44
Kano 4,214 60 4,041 113
Kwara 3,889 177 3,650 62
Delta 3,484 822 2,556 106
Osun 2,926 18 2,823 85
Enugu 2,682 64 2,589 29
Gombe 2,504 127 2,327 50
Nasarawa 2,462 78 2,345 39
Anambra 2,346 14 2,313 19
Katsina 2,220 3 2,182 35
Ebonyi 2,059 24 2,003 32
Imo 1,988 83 1,864 41
Abia 1,975 53 1,896 26
Ekiti 1,742 58 1,657 27
Benue 1,690 235 1,430 25
Bauchi 1,617 4 1,596 17
Borno 1,356 4 1,314 38
Bayelsa 1,219 83 1,108 28
Adamawa 1,157 27 1,098 32
Taraba 1,092 14 1,054 24
Niger 1,027 9 998 20
Sokoto 802 8 766 28
Cross River 587 17 546 24
Jigawa 587 10 561 16
Yobe 502 3 490 9
Kebbi 458 9 433 16
Zamfara 276 21 247 8
Kogi 5 0 3 2