By Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Business and Data tracking desk)
The figures of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) cases in Nigeria have continued to rise as fresh 114 infections were recorded by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday night.
This latest development effectively brings the figures nationwide to 1095. The NCDC in a tweet disclosed that the new cases were reported in nine states as follows: Lagos, Gombe, FCT, Zamfara, Edo Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna, Sokoto.
114 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
80 in Lagos
21 in Gombe
5 in FCT
2 in Zamfara
2 in Edo
1 in Ogun
1 in Oyo
1 in Kaduna
1 in SokotoAs at 11:30 pm 24th April there are 1095 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 208
Deaths: 32 pic.twitter.com/NIDV1zTh9o— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 24, 2020