The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 204 new cases of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in 17 states and the federal capital territory.
NCDC gave the announcement on its social media pages on Thursday, April 30, 2020.
A breakdown of the new cases showed that 80 were recorded in Kano, 45 in Lagos, 12 in Gombe, nine each in Bauchi and Sokoto, seven each in Borno and Edo.
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The list continued thus: Six each in Rivers and Ogun, four each in the FCT, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, three in Kaduna, two each in Oyo, Delta and Nasarawa and one each in Ondo and Kebbi.
The number of recovered patients increased from 305 to 319, while the number of fatalities increased from 51 to 58.
A total of 1,932 cases have now been confirmed in 34 states and the federal capital territory – Cross River and Kogi have not recorded any case of COVID-19.
Meanwhile, the NCDC on Thursday, April 30, said it is currently “struggling” for bed spaces for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in Lagos state.
The state has the highest number of persons infected by a coronavirus in Nigeria.