According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Bauchi state recorded 75 new cases while FCT recorded 32 new cases.

Other states with fresh cases include Lagos-36, Akwa Ibom-33, Nasarawa-29, Kaduna-26, Rivers-25, Ogun-22, Oyo-21, Edo-20, Taraba-18, Imo-17, Ondo-17, Borno-8, Plateau-7, Zamfara-4, Osun-3 and Kano-1.

Nigeria now has 159,646 confirmed cases. 139,983 patients have been successfully treated and discharged while 1,993 deaths have been recorded so far.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 70 new cases.

Other states with fresh cases include Kaduna-22, Abia-20, Edo-18, Kano-10, Akwa Ibom-9, Rivers-7, FCT-7, Borno-6, Bauchi-5, Osun-5, Oyo-5, Plateau-3, Ekiti-3, Niger-2, Ogun-2 and Zamfara-1.

Nigeria now has 158,237 confirmed cases.  137,645 patients have been successfully treated and discharged, while 1,964 deaths have been recorded.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, Lagos recorded 773 while the FCT recorded 285.

Other states with fresh cases include Oyo-138, Rivers-111, Plateau-92, Nasarawa-83, Kaduna-59, Enugu-57, Imo-57, Edo-43, Kano-27, Kwara-20, Ebonyi-19, Abia-17, Ogun-12, Osun-12, Katsina-8, Bayelsa-6, Bauchi-5, Delta-5, Borno-4, Jigawa-4 and Zamfara-1.

Nigeria now has 126, 160 confirmed cases of the disease. 100, 365 patients have been successfully treated and discharged. Sadly, 1,544 deaths have been recorded.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 281 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 48 in Abia, 45 in Oyo, 38 in FCT,  37 in Ogun, 31 in Enugu, 23 in Ondo,  21 in Plateau, 19 in Edo,  18 in Delta,  18 in Rivers,  17 in Bayelsa,  17 in Akwa Ibom,  14 in Kaduna,  12 in Kano,  9 in Bauchi,  4 in Gombe, 3 in Osun, 3 in Benue,  3 in Nasarawa, 3 in Kwara, 2 in Ekiti and 1 in Borno State.

In total, Nigeria has now recorded  19,147 cases of COVID-19. 6,581 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centres across the country, while 487 deaths have been recorded.
 

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 280 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 103 in Oyo, 72 in Ebonyi, 60 in FCT, 46 in Imo, 34 in Edo, 33 in Delta, 25 in Rivers, 23 in Kaduna, 16 in Ondo, 12 in Katsina, 10 in Kano, 8 in Bauchi, 7 in Borno, 5 in Kwara, 4 in Gombe, 2 in Sokoto, 2 in Enugu, 1 in Yobe, 1 in Osun, and 1 in Nasarawa State.

In total, Nigeria has now recorded 18,480 cases of COVID-19. 6,307 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centres across the country, while 475 deaths have been recorded.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 229 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 65 in FCT, 54 in Abia, 42 in Borno, 35 in Oyo, 28 in Rivers, 28 in Edo, 27 in Gombe, 21 in Ogun, 18 in Plateau, 18 in Delta, 10 in Bauchi, 10 in Kaduna, 9 in Benue, 8 in Ondo, 6 in Kwara, 4 in Nasarawa, 4 in Enugu, 3 in Sokoto, 3 in Niger, 3 in Kebbi, 1 in Yobe, and 1 in Kano

In total, Nigeria has now recorded 15,181 cases of COVID-19. 4,891 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centres across the country, while 399 deaths have been recorded.

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, 345 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 51 in Rivers, 48 in Ogun, 47 in Gombe, 36 in Oyo, 31 in Imo, 28 in Delta, 23 in Kano, 18 in Bauchi, 12 in Edo, 12 in Katsina, 9 in Kaduna, 7 in Anambra, 5 in Jigawa, 4 in Kebbi, 4 in Ondo and 1 in Nasarawa State

In total, Nigeria has now recorded 14,554 cases of COVID-19. 4,494 patients have been discharged from various Isolation centres across the country, while 387 deaths have been recorded.

A statement from Humwashi Wonosikou, press secretary to Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, said churches, mosques, and markets can now open for activities but must observe social distancing and all other COVID-19 precautionary measures.

He said “Churches, Mosques and the international cattle markets under lockdown can now reopen, but must ensure social distancing with no more than 50 people at a time. Other measures include provision of hand sanitisers or washing of hands and temperature checks at the point of entry.
Government now believes the contagion rate is low enough to justify a cautious easing of the restriction, but warned that citizens must work extra hard on personal hygiene and strict adherence to laid down guidelines. Governor Fintiri said the easing of the lockdown comes as the state discharge five (5) from its isolation centre after testing negative of the virus. However, the 8pm to 6am curfew will remain in place until further notice.”

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Adamawa state has 21 confirmed cases.

Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of NCDC, made this revelation at the briefing of the presidential task force on COVID-19 on Thursday, April 30. Ihekweazu added that although there are about 3,500 bed spaces available across the country, this is insufficient and it leaves the infectious disease control agency to struggle.

He said: “In response to the question about bed spaces. There is not doubt about that, we are struggling in certain places especially in Lagos. To an extent Kano and Abuja too but the biggest challenge right now is in Lagos where bad spaces are really tight. Across the country, we have about 3500 bed spaces identified as available for COVID-19 but in Lagos we are really struggling. So, we are going to keep trying to work with them to make more spaces available. Lagos is the only place where we are struggling with bed spaces for now. We will always tell Nigerians the truth. We are struggling with bed spaces in Lagos for now. We are in the process of scaling up testing across the country and the key component that has changed in this is that in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, instead of waiting for people to call us, we are now going to where the patients are, so we have set up specific testing locations and of course in collaboration and under the leadership of the state in these three states to increase the samples collected from cases that actually do meet the case definition. So, we are going into the communities, health centers to identify those with these case definition and bring them in. We are doing this because we are certain that we have ongoing community transmission, especially in these three cities. We have to adapt our response to this situation. We adapted to the circumstances in every state, every city where the nature of transmission changes.
“These changes mean that more and more people will be going into the community. We really need Nigerians to support the work that they do and not stigmatize them. Currently, we are living with COVID-19, but not the way we thought about it during the HIV era. This is about communities. How can we as a country manage this as we transit into the next weeks? As we release the guidelines for implementing the non-pharmaceutical intervention that will be released very soon, we are doing this in the context of rising cases.”

According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), 78 cases were recorded in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 in Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Kwara, and 1 in Plateau.

As at 11:30 pm 23rd April, there are 981 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 197 Deaths: 31