Nigeria has crossed the 30,000 mark in its confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease. This was after 460 new infections were recorded yesterday.

The country’s economic capital, Lagos leads the pack with 50 cases. This is closely followed by Rivers at 49 and Oyo at 43. Delta recorded 38 and the country’s capital, Abuja had 26.

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Others are Anambra-20, Kano-20, Plateau-18, Edo-14, Bayelsa-13, Enugu-13, Osun-12, Kwara-10, Borno-8, Ogun-7, Kaduna-6, Imo-4, Bauchi-3, Gombe-3, Niger-2, Adamawa-1. 

The total death toll as at yesterday is pegged at 684 with total number of recoveries 12,373. This leaves the number of active cases at 17,876.

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Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country is grappling to control the spread of the coronavirus disease. It places third in the chart on the African continent only surpassed by South Africa and Egypt.

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Nigeria’s death toll has reached 190 as the country grapples with measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease.

It has recorded 226 new cases pushing the total confirmed cases to 6,401. The new cases were recorded in 16 out of the 36 states.

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Out of that number, Lagos State came top with the number of new cases as it recorded 131 cases.

A tweet by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) also linked 25 new cases with Ogun State while Plateau State came behind with 15 new cases.

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NCDC also added that 11 new cases in Edo, 7 in Kaduna and 6 in Oyo. 5cases were reported in Abuja and Adamawa each.

4 cases were declared each in Jigawa, Ebonyi and Borno. Nasarawa has 3 cases with Bauchi and Gombe having 2 cases each. Enugu and Bayelsa states completed the list with one case each.

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Nigeria has also seen a rise in the number of discharged coronavirus patients. The disease control agency pegged the nunber at 1,734 people.

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