The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 108 new coronavirus cases in the country.
This brings the total number of Infected persons in the country to 981, just 19 cases shy of 1,000. 40 medical doctors and health workers are also a part of this figure as the coronavirus outbreak has gotten to the community transmission stage.
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The breakdown of the new cases include,
108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 78 in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kwara and 1 in Plateau.
197 patients have been treated and discharged coronavirus free while 31 people have lost their lives to the disease.
A total breakdown of the cases in the country as at 11:30pm, April 23 include;
Lagos-582
FCT-133
Kano-73
Ogun-29
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Oyo-17
Edo-17
Borno-12
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-9
Gombe-9
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Sokoto-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1