Coronavirus spreads to Abia, Gombe, Sokoto as NCDC confirms 38 new cases

Coronavirus (COVID-19) spread on Monday to three more states – Abia, Gombe and Sokoto as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 38 cases in seven states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

23 in Kano
5 in Gombe
3 in Kaduna
2 in Borno
2 in Abia
1 in FCT
1 in Sokoto
1 in Ekiti

As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 188
Deaths: 22 pic.twitter.com/k354y8KS0W

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 20, 2020

The new cases, which raised the national tally to 665, were recorded in Kano (23); Gombe (five); Kaduna (three); two each in Borno and Abia and one each in Sokoto, Ekiti and the FCT.



As at 11:10 pm on Monday, there were 665 confirmed cases, 188 discharged and 22 deaths recorded.

It was sweet relief for Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic as it recorded no case yesterday.