Breaking: Lagos records zero Covid-19 case in last 24hrs

By Dansu Peter 

In what could be described as a major feat in the fight against the pandemic of Covid-19 in Nigeria, Lagos State has recorded zero case of the dreaded coronavirus in the last 24 hours.

The official reported cases of Covid-19 announced by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC as at 11:15pm on the 20th April 2020 in Nigeria indicates that Lagos state which has recorded highest cases of Covid-19 so far recorded zero on this day. 

See below tweets by NCDC 

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 38 new COVID-19 cases.

This was announced on the NCDC’s Twitter handle on Monday night.

The cases were recorded in five states, bringing Nigeria’s total to 665.

According to the breakdown, 23 were recorded in Kano, five in Gombe, three in Kaduna, two in Borno, two in Abia, and one each in the federal capital territory, Sokoto and Ekiti.

Lagos, which currently has the highest number of COVID-19 cases, recorded no case for Monday.

As at 11:10 pm on Monday, breakdown of cases by states are:

Lagos-376

FCT-89

Kano-59

Osun-20

Oyo-16

Edo-15

Ogun-12

Kwara-9

Katsina-12

Bauchi-7

Kaduna-9

Akwa Ibom-9

Delta-4

Ekiti-4

Ondo-3

Enugu-2

Rivers-2

Niger-2

Benue-1

Anambra-1

Borno-3

Jigawa-2

Abia-2

Gombe-5

Sokoto-1