Nigeria’s Coronavirus toll skyrockets to 627 as Lagos records 70 new cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced 70 new Coronavirus cases in Lagos as the toll hit 627 in Nigeria.

86 new cases were confirmed in total across Nigeria, the NCDC confirmed this late on Sunday via a statement on Twitter.

According to the agency, of the 86 new cases, seventy were in Lagos, seven in FCT, three in Katsina, three in Akwa Ibom, one in Jigawa, one in Bauchi and one in Borno.

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

70 in Lagos
7 in FCT
3 in Katsina
3 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Jigawa
1 in Bauchi
1 in Borno

As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 170
Deaths: 21 pic.twitter.com/7gsnusWRow

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020

As at today, over two million cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed around the world, half of them in Europe, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1000 GMT Wednesday based on official sources.

Coronavirus Cases:
2,414,095
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Deaths:
165,153
Recovered:
629,390