Kano records 23 new Coronavirus cases as state toll rises to 59

Kano State recorded Twenty-three new cases of the coronavirus disease the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced on Monday night, bringing the total infections in the state to 59.

The virus has claimed one life while no discharge case has been recorded in the state. Kano is now the state with the third-highest number of infections behind Lagos and Abuja.

NCDC stated this on Monday night while announcing that 38 new infections were recorded in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 665.

It said 188 recoveries have been made while 22 fatalities have been recorded in the country.

The NCDC said, “Thirty-eight new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 23 in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in Borno, 2 in Abia, 1 in FCT, 1 in Sokoto and 1 in Ekiti.

“As at 11:10 pm 20th April there are 665 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.

“A breakdown of cases by states: 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 and Sokoto-1.”

The densely populated Northern hub has been on lockdown to enforce social distancing as part of measures to curb the spread of the virus.