Coronavirus: Nigeria confirms 38 new cases as number increases to 665

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced in a tweet that 38 new cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) have been reported in country.

A breakdown of the new cases show ; 23 in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 each in Borno and Abia, and 1 each in FCT, Sokoto and Ekiti.

As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria, NCDC said in a tweet.

According to NCDC, 188 infected people have recovered and have been discharged while the number of fatalities recorded from coronavirus-related complications increased to 22.

Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
23 in Kano
5 in Gombe
3 in Kaduna
2 in Borno
2 in Abia
1 in FCT
1 in Sokoto
1 in Ekiti

As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

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Discharged: 188
Deaths: 22 pic.twitter.com/k354y8KS0W
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 20, 2020

A breakdown of all the cases shows:

Lagos-376
FCT-89
Kano-59
Osun-20
Oyo-16
Edo-15
Ogun-12
Kwara-9
Katsina-12
Bauchi-7
Kaduna-9
Akwa Ibom-9
Delta-4
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Enugu-2
Rivers-2
Niger-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Borno-3
Jigawa-2
Abia-2
Gombe-5
Sokoto-1