COVID-19: 32 States, Abuja Grapple With Infection Cases In Nigeria

The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to 32 States including the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Nigeria.

With this development on Sunday, only four States out of 36 States in Nigeria are yet to have any confirmed case of Coronavirus.

According to statistics from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on the 26th of April 2020, 91 new confirmed cases and five new deaths were recorded in Nigeria.

Also, four new states (Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba) have reported confirmed cases in the last 24 hours.

NCDC further stated that till date, 1273 cases have been confirmed, 239 cases have been discharged and 40 deaths have been recorded in 32 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

The 91 new cases are reported from sixteen states- Lagos (43), Sokoto (8), Taraba (6), Kaduna(5), Gombe (5), Ondo (3), FCT (3), Edo (3), Oyo (3), Rivers (3), Bauchi (3), Osun (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Bayelsa (1), Ebonyi (1), Kebbi (1)

The state by state statistics of confirmed cases showed that as at 11:55pm 26, Lagos-689 FCT-138, Kano-77, Ogun-35, Osun-32, Gombe-30, Katsina-30, Borno-30, Edo-22, Oyo-18, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Bauchi-11, Kaduna-10, Ekiti-8, Ondo-4, Delta-6, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2, Sokoto-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1, Plateau-1 and Imo-1