Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of #COVID-19, bringing
the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via
its Twitter handle.
The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities
have increased to 51.
COVID-19 has spread to 34 states and the Federal Capital
Territory, Abuja. Yobe is the most recent state to record a case of COVID-19 in
the country.
It tweeted, “196 new cases of #COVID19 reported: 87 were
recorded in Lagos, Kano – 24,
Gombe – 18, Kaduna – 17, FCT- 16, Katsina – 10, Sokoto – 8,
Edo – 7, Borno – 6, one each in Yobe, Ebonyi, and Adamawa.
“As of 11:55 pm on the 29th of April, 1728 confirmed cases
of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307; Deaths: 51.”
CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 29TH 2020
Total Samples Tested
12004
Total Confirmed cases 1728
Discharged 307
Death 51
States Affected No.
of Cases (Lab Confirmed) No. of Active Cases No.
Discharged No of Deaths
Lagos 931 718 192 21
Abuja FCT 174 135 36 3
Kano 139 136 0 3
Gombe 64 64 0 0
Borno 59 54 0 5
Ogun 50 43 6 1
Katsina 40 38 0 2
Edo 37 25 9 3
Osun 34 14 18 2
Kaduna 32 26 6 0
Bauchi 29 23 6 0
Sokoto 27 24 0 3
Oyo 21 10 9 2
Akwa Ibom 12 2 9 1
Kwara 11 9 2 0
Ekiti 8 5 2 1
Ondo 8 5 3 0
Taraba 8 8 0 0
Delta 7 1 4 2
Rivers 7 3 2 2
Jigawa 7 7 0 0
Zamfara 4 4 0 0
Abia 2 2 0 0
Enugu 3 1 2 0
Niger 2 2 0 0
Benue 1 1 0 0
Anambra 1 0 1 0
Adamawa 2 2 0 0
Plateau 1 1 0 0
Imo 1 1 0 0
Bayelsa 1 1 0 0
Ebonyi 2 2 0 0
Kebbi 1 1 0 0
Nasarawa 1 1 0 0
Yobe 1 1 0 0
Total 1728 1370 307 51
