Nigeria has confirmed one hundred and seventeen new cases of coronavirus, skyrocketing the total cases to 782.
Lagos remains the worst hit state with 430 cases, Abuja follows up with 118 cases.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) made the announcement on Twitter.
See their report below…
117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
59 in Lagos
29 in FCT
14 in Kano
6 in Borno
4 in Katsina
3 in Ogun
1 in Rivers
1 in BauchiAs at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 197
Deaths: 25 pic.twitter.com/i6UaoqWHiu— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020
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