Nigeria reaches another frightening COVID-19 milestone as confirmed cases hit 5,162

Brazilian 99-year-old former WWII combatant Ermando Armelino Piveta, gestures as leaves the Armed Forces Hospital in Brasilia, after being treated for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and discharged, on April 14, 2020. – Piveta was admitted to hospital on April 6 and treated at the hospital’s “COVID Ward”, reserved for positive cases of the disease. EVARISTO SA / AFP.

Nigeria reached another frightening COVID-19 milestone on Thursday as the country’s coronavirus infections surpassed 5,000 after the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed 193 new cases.

According to NCDC, Nigeria’s total confirmed Coronavirus cases now stand at 5,162.

Of the 193 new cases released on Thursday, Lagos topped the list with 58 fresh cases; Kano, 46 cases and Jigawa, 35 cases.

While Yobe ramped up 12 new cases, FCT recorded nine cases; Ogun, seven; Plateau and Gombe, five cases each; Imo, four cases; Edo, Kwara and Borno, three cases each, while Bauchi, Nasarawa and Ondo recorded one case each.

Three deaths were recorded on Thursday across the nation, while 1,180 patients who survived the pandemic have been discharged so far.

How States Stand

58-Lagos
46-Kano
35-Jigawa
12-Yobe
9-FCT
7-Ogun
5-Plateau
5-Gombe
4-Imo
3-Edo
3-Kwara
3-Borno
1-Bauchi
1-Nasarawa
1-Ondo

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