By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and data tracking desk)
The NCDC yesterday announced that five new additional deaths were recorded across the country, a development that effectively brought the cases higher in numbers. However, the reported number of patients was lower than the 245 reported on Monday, the previous day when the federal government eased the total lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun States respectively.
According to the NCDC the 148 new cases were reported from the following 17 states- Lagos – 43, Kano – 32, Katsina – 9, FCT – 10, Zamfara – 14, Taraba – 7, Borno – 7, Ogun – 6, Oyo – 5, Bauchi – 3, Edo – 3, Kaduna – 3, Adamawa – 2, Gombe – 2, Plateau, Sokoto and Kebbi – 1 case each.
BREAKDOWN DYNAMICS…
It would be recalled that Nigeria has tested about 19, 512 persons since the outbreak of covid-19 pandemic across the country. A comprehensive breakdown of the confirmed cases indicate that 2950 patients have been announced in Nigeria since the outbreak of covid-19 earlier in the year in February.
The breakdown of the 2,950 reported cases reflect the following spread: Lagos: 1, 226 cases, Kano – 397, FCT – 307, Borno – 106, Gombe – 98, Katsina – 92, Ogun – 91, Kaduna – 84, Bauchi – 83, Sokoto – 67, Edo – 65, Oyo – 44, Jigawa – 39, Osun – 37, Zamfara – 27, Delta – 17, Akwa Ibom – 16, Kwara – 16, Taraba – 15, Rivers – 14, Adamawa – 14, Yobe – 13, Ondo – 13, Kebbi – 13, Ekiti – 12, Nasarawa – 11, Enugu – 8, Bayelsa – 5, Ebonyi – 5, Plateau – 4, Niger – 4, Benue – 2, Imo – 2, Abia – 2, Anambra – 1.
148 new cases of #COVID19;
43-Lagos
32-Kano
14-Zamfara
10-FCT
9-Katsina
7-Taraba
6-Borno
6-Ogun
5-Oyo
3-Edo
3-Kaduna
3-Bauchi
2-Adamawa
2-Gombe
1-Plateau
1-Sokoto
1-Kebbi2950 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 481
Deaths: 98 pic.twitter.com/0WhwE3fe4V— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 5, 2020
