As the economy reopened across the country, Nigeria reported its highest number of coronavirus cases yet, with Monday’s tally at 245.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that this figure brings the country’s total tally to 2,802 confirmed cases in Nigeria. While 417 people have been discharged, 93 deaths have been recorded.
The health agency explained that the number of patients that have died from coronavirus-related complications has increased to 93
It added that the number of patients that have died from coronavirus-related complications has increased to 93.
“On the 4th of May, 245 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria,” it said.
The breakdown of the new cases showed that Lagos leads with 76 cases, followed by Katsina 37, Jigawa 32, Kano 23 and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with 19 cases.
Other cases are recorded in Borno with 18 cases, Edo 10, Bauchi 9, Adamawa 6, Oyo 5, and Ogun reported 5 cases , Ekiti, Osun, Benue, Niger and Zamfara reported one case each.
A breakdown of the 2,802 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 1,183 cases, followed by Kano – 365, FCT – 297, Borno – 100, Gombe – 96, Kaduna – 81, Ogun – 85, Bauchi – 80, Sokoto – 66, Edo – 62, Katsina – 83, Osun – 37, Oyo and Jigawa – 39, Delta – 17, Kwara and Akwa Ibom – 16, Rivers – 14, Yobe, Zamfara and Ondo – 13, Ekiti, Adamawa, Kebbi – 13,Nasarawa – 11, Enugu and Taraba – 8, Ebonyi and Baylsa – 5, Plateau – 3, Niger – 4, Imo, Benue and Abia – 2 while Anambra has one case.
The number of infected people in Nigeria is expected to rise as the country eased the lockdown on Monday and the precautions were largely breached in the major cities as thousands thronged banks and other public places.
The country has also increased its testing capacity. Nigeria has so far tested 18,536 persons since the beginning of the pandemic in the country.
