The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 114 new cases of coronavirus taking the new total over the one thousand mark as at Friday night.
The centre for disease control also announced the discharge of 10 patients and the death of one more patient.
The new data released by the NCDC comes on the day Ramadan kicked off in Nigeria with many defying federal and state government directives to stay home and stay off large gatherings.
According to the NCDC, “One hundred and fourteen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported with 80 in Lagos, 21 in Gombe, five in FCT, two in Zamfara, two in Edo, one in Ogun, one in Oyo, one in Kaduna and one in Sokoto.
The NCDC said as at 11:30 pm on 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
“A total of 208 patients have been discharged and 32 deaths reported.”
NCDC said as at 24th April, Nigeria has recorded COVID-19 confirmed cases in 27 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“In the last 24 hours, number of new cases increased by 114. Number of deaths increased by one and five cases previously recorded in Lagos, are now recorded as Ogun state cases,” the centre explained.
A breakdown of state by state cases is as follows; Lagos-657, FCT-138, Kano-73, Ogun-35, Gombe-30, Katsina-21, Osun-20, Edo-19, Oyo-18 and Borno-12.
Other states are Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Kaduna-10, Bauchi-8, Delta-6, Ekiti-4, Ondo-3, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2, Sokoto-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1 and Plateau-1.
As the world continues to find cure for the virus, the first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford.
Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study.
Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus.
The design of the trial means volunteers will not know which vaccine they are getting, though doctors will.
Elsewhere, leading disinfectant producer, Reckitt Benckiser, has issued a strong warning against using its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat coronavirus.
Reckitt Benckiser, which owns Lysol and Dettol, said “under no circumstance” should its products be injected or ingested.
On Friday, Mr Trump said he had made the comments “sarcastically”.
Disinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested.
Even external exposure can be dangerous to the skin, eyes and respiratory system.
Mr Trump’s comments have been heavily criticised by doctors and have generated a huge online response. They have provoked hundreds of thousands of comments and caused well-known cleaning brands to trend on social media.
Reckitt Benckiser, which also owns the brands Vanish and Cillit Bang, said its products
