The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 89 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria, taking the new total to 1182 cases across the country.
The centre for disease control also announced the discharge of four patients and the death of two more patient.
The new data released by the NCDC comes even as more Nigerians defy federal and state government directives to stay home and stay off large gatherings.
“Eighty seven new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 33 in Lagos, 18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Katsina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 in Bauchi and 1 in Imo.
“As at 11:55 pm 25th April there are 1182 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. With 222 patients discharged and 35 deaths recorded.
A state by state breakdown shows that Lagos accounts for more than half of the cases in Nigeria.
Lagos, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria now has 689 while the Federal Capital Territory cases has swelled to 138.
Kano-77, Ogun-35, Osun-32, Gombe-30, Katsina-30, Borno-30, Edo-22 and Oyo-18.
Other states are Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Bauchi-11, Kaduna-10, Ekiti-8, Ondo-4, Delta-6, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Zamfara-2, Sokoto-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Adamawa-1, Plateau-1 and Imo-1.
NCDC reports that, “One case who was confirmed in Lagos State, traveled to Ondo State for treatment.
“Therefore, the number of cases in Lagos is 689 and the number of cases in Ondo is four.”
Meanwhile, the more than 200,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show.
There are more than 2.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally.
It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed 50,000, as Americans endure the world’s deadliest outbreak.
On 11 January, Chinese state media reported the first known death liked to the virus. More than 210 countries and territories have since reported cases.
Five countries have now reported death tolls above 20,000 although the way fatalities are counted varies widely.
The US, Italy and Spain have seen the highest number of reported fatalities.
The UK’s Department of Health announced on Saturday that more than 20,000 people had now died with coronavirus in UK hospitals.
