COVID-19 Pandemic Update: NCDC Reports 86 New Confirmed Cases

The NCDC says it confirmed 86 new coronavirus cases in the country.

The Agency made this known on its Twitter handle on the 19th of April 2020.

The spike in figures was recorded mojourly in Lagos state with 70 cases in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, and 3 each in Katsina and Akwa Ibom.

See tweet by NCDC for complete breakdown.

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

70 in Lagos
7 in FCT
3 in Katsina
3 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Jigawa
1 in Bauchi
1 in Borno

As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 170
Deaths: 21 pic.twitter.com/7gsnusWRow

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020

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