The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 144 new cases of coronavirus.

According to the Centre in a series of tweets on Friday night, “As at 24th April, Nigeria has recorded #COVID19 confirmed cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory”.

“In the last 24 hours, number of new cases increased by 114. Number of deaths increased by 1 while 5 cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases.

114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported:

80 in Lagos
21 in Gombe
5 in FCT
2 in Zamfara
2 in Edo
1 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Kaduna
1 in Sokoto

As at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 208
Deaths: 32

As at 11:30 pm 24th April:

Lagos-657
FCT-138
Kano-73
Ogun-35
Gombe-30
Katsina-21
Osun-20
Edo-19
Oyo-18
Borno-12
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Kaduna-10
Bauchi-8
Delta-6
Ekiti-4
Ondo-3
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1