The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, April 19th, 2020 confirmed eighty six (86) new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.

Of the eighty six (86) newly-confirmed Coronavirus cases, seventy (70) were recorded in Lagos, seven (7) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), three (3) in Katsina, three (3) in Akwa Ibom, one (1) in Jigawa, one (1) in Bauchi and one (1) in Borno.

As at 11:50 pm on Sunday, April 19th, 2020, there are six hundred and twenty seven (627) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in Nigeria. one hundred and seventy (170) patients have been discharged, with twenty one (21) deaths.

One case previously reported in Kano, has been transferred to Jigawa state.

Therefore, the total number of confirmed cases in Kano is 36 as at the April 19th, 2020.

As at 11:50 pm on Sunday, April 19th, 2020, the breakdown of COVID-19 cases by state is as follows:
Lagos – 376
FCT – 88
Kano – 36
Osun – 20
Oyo – 16
Edo – 15
Ogun – 12
Kwara – 9
Katsina – 12
Bauchi – 7
Kaduna – 6
Akwa Ibom – 9
Delta – 4
Ekiti – 3
Ondo – 3
Enugu – 2
Rivers – 2
Niger – 2
Benue – 1
Anambra – 1
Borno – 1
Jigawa – 2

The NCDC made this known via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Monday at 12:00 am.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.