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Nigeria has confirmed 117 new cases of the coronavirus infections, taking the total of confirmed cases in the country to 782.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, noted that the cases were confirmed in Lagos, FCT (Abuja), Kano, Borno, Katsina, Ogun, Rivers and Bauchi.
117 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
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59 in Lagos
29 in FCT
14 in Kano
6 in Borno
4 in Katsina
3 in Ogun
1 in Rivers
1 in BauchiAs at 11:25 pm 21st April there are 782 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 197
Deaths: 25 pic.twitter.com/i6UaoqWHiu— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 21, 2020
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59 cases were confirmed in Lagos, 29 in FCT, 14 in Kano, 6 in Borno, 4 in Katsina and 3 in Ogun while Rivers and Bauchi recorded one each. 197 patients have been treated and discharged while 25 deaths have been recorded as a result of the virus.
Lagos remains the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria, having a total of 430 confirmed cases as at 11:25 pm of Tuesday.
FCT and Kano confirmed 118 and 73 cases respectively. Osun and Ogun recorded 20 cases each; Oyo-16, Katsina-16 and Edo-15 while Kwara,Kaduna, Akwa Ibom and Borno recorded nine cases each. Others are Bauchi-8; Gombe-5; Delta-4; Ekiti-4; Ondo-3; Rivers-3; Jigawa-2; Enugu-2; Niger-2; Abia-2; Benue-1; Anambra-1 and Sokoto-1.