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Nigeria has recorded 196 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the country’s total infections to 1,728.
According to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in the early hours of Thursday, of the new infections, 87 are in Lagos, 24 are in Kano, while 18 are in Gombe.
Seventeen were recorded in Kaduna, 16 in the FCT, 10 in Katsina, eight in Sokoto, seven in Edo, six in Borno and one each in Yobe, Ebonyi and Adamawa states.
196 new cases of#COVID19reported;
87-Lagos
24-Kano
18-Gombe
17-Kaduna
16-FCT
10-Katsina
8-Sokoto
7-Edo
6-Borno
1-Yobe
1-Ebonyi
1-AdamawaAs at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of#COVID19reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307
Deaths: 51pic.twitter.com/1ul1P8JvTH
— NCDC (@NCDCgov)April 29, 2020
With this development, the NCDC notes that the coronavirus has now spread to 34 of the 36 states of the country including the FCT.
307 persons have been discharged while 51 deaths have, so far, been recorded.
