Breaking: Nigeria reports 238 new cases of COVID-19, tally jumps to 2170

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has reported that Nigeria’s cases of Coronavirus COVID-19 have jumped to two thousand One hundred and Seventy (2170).

The NCDC made this known on Friday night on its Twitter handle

The NCDC said of the 238 new cases of COVID-19 92were from Kano, 36 in FCT, 30-Lagos, 16-Gombe, 10-Bauchi, 8-Delta, 6-Oyo, 5-Zamfara, 5-Sokoto, 4-Ondo, 4-Nasarawa, 3-Kwara, 3-Edo, 3-Ekiti, 3-Borno, 3-Yobe, 2-Adamawa, 1-Niger, 1-Imo, 1-Ebonyi, 1-Rivers, 1-Enugu,

Also of the 2170 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria 351 have so far recovered and discharged: while 68 people have died so far.

Breakdown of cases by state as at May 1, 2020 pic.twitter.com/l3NSukEBXV

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 1, 2020