The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 238 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.
This brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 2170, Tribune Online reports.
The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle on Friday. it also said that 92 of the new infections were recorded in Kano.
35 states and the FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case.
“238 new cases of #COVID19; 92-Kano, 36-FCT, 30-Lagos, 16-Gombe, 10-Bauchi, 8-Delta, 6-Oyo, 5-Zamfara, 5-Sokoto, 4-Ondo, 4-Nasarawa, 3-Kwara, 3-Edo, 3-Ekiti, 3-Borno, 3-Yobe, 2-Adamawa, 1-Niger, 1-Imo, 1-Ebonyi, 1-Rivers, 1-Enugu.
“As of 11:00 pm 1st May, 2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 351 have been discharged and 68 deaths recorded.”
Breakdown of cases by states;
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