The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed that Nigeria has yet again recorded 196 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 1728.
According to NCDC, who made this known on Wednesday via its Twitter handle, it also confirmed that the country has five deaths, with a total of 51 COVID-19 death in the nation.
The tweet also revealed that Lagos State has 87 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the state to 931, with two COVID-19 death in the state.
The tweets: “On the 29th of April 2020, 196 new confirmed cases and five deaths were recorded in Nigeria
“One new state (Yobe) has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
“Till date, 1728 cases have been confirmed, 307 cases have been discharged and 51 deaths have been recorded in 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“The 196 new cases are reported from twelve states- Lagos (87), Kano (24), Gombe (18), Kaduna (17), FCT (16), Katsina (10), Sokoto (eight), Edo (seven), Borno (six), Ebonyi (one), Yobe (one), Adamawa(1).”