Kano State overtakes FCT with second highest Coronavirus cases in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 204 new Coronavirus cases in the country with Kano State having the single highest number of daily infections.

With 80 new cases taking the number of confirmed cases in Kano to 219, the state now has the second highest number of infections nationwide overtaking the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which now has 178.

204 new cases of #COVID19 reported;

80-Kano
45-Lagos
12-Gombe
9-Bauchi
9-Sokoto
7-Borno
7-Edo
6-Rivers
6-Ogun
4-FCT
4-Akwa Ibom
4-Bayelsa
3-Kaduna
2-Oyo
2-Delta
2-Nasarawa
1-Ondo
1-Kebbi

11:50pm 30th April- 1932 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 319
Deaths: 58 pic.twitter.com/CIZtojz5UR

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 30, 2020

Meanwhile, the confirmed number of Coronavirus cases in Lagos State has jumped to 1,011.

NCDC confirmed 80 new cases in Kano, Lagos – 45, Gombe – 12, Bauchi and Sokoto – nine each, Borno and Edo – seven each.

The others are six each in Rivers and Ogun, four each in FCT, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa, three in Kaduna, Oyo, Delta, and Nasarawa with one each in Ondo and Kebbi.

There are seven new Coronavirus deaths takes the total death toll to 58 with the total number of discharged patients now 319.