Covid-19: For first time in weeks, Lagos records no cases;Kano, Sokoto cases ramp up

The NCDC has announced the total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria now stands at 665 after 38 new infections were recorded on Monday.

The new cases were recorded in mostly northern Nigeria: Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Federal Capital Territory, Sokoto.

Abia and Ekiti got some too while Lagos, the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria recorded no case for the first time in week.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known via its Twitter handle on Monday.

But a new patient died of coronavirus-related complications, bringing the total number of COVID-19 fatalities to 22.

“Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported: 23 in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two in Borno, two in Abia, one in FCT, one in Sokoto, and one in Ekiti

“As of 11:10 pm on the 20th April, there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 188; Deaths: 22.

“Breakdown of cases by states: Lagos – 376, FCT-89, Kano-59, Osun-20, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Ogun-12, Kwara- nine, Katsina-12, Bauchi- seven, Kaduna- nine, Akwa Ibom- nine, Delta- four, Ekiti- four, Ondo- three, Enugu- two, Rivers- two, Niger- two, Benue- one, Anambra- one, Borno- three, Jigawa- two, Abia- two, Gombe – five, and Sokoto- one.