Nigeria has recorded 204 new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total figure to 1,932.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this early Friday on Twitter. It also confirmed seven new deaths, bringing the total number of COVID-19 deaths to 58.
The agency said the new infections were recorded as follows: 80 in Kano, 45 in Lagos, 12 in Gombe, nine each in Bauchi and Sokoto, as well as seven each in Borno and Edo states.
Others are six each in Rivers and Ogun, four each in FCT, Akwa Ibom, and Bayelsa, three in Kaduna, two each in Delta and Nasarawa, as well as one each in Ondo and Kebbi states.
The 204 new cases are the highest reported in a day since February 27, when the NCDC started compiling data on the pandemic in the country.
“As of April 30, 34 states of the federation and the FCT have recorded at least one confirmed case of the coronavirus,” NCDC said.
According to the agency, Nigeria has 1,555 active cases of COVID-19, with 319 treated and discharged.
