COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Now 1728 As 196 Other Persons Test Positive

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria has risen to 1728.

This was disclosed via the twitter handle of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

196 new cases of #COVID19 reported;

87-Lagos
24-Kano
18-Gombe
17-Kaduna
16-FCT
10-Katsina
8-Sokoto
7-Edo
6-Borno
1-Yobe
1-Ebonyi
1-Adamawa

As at 11:55pm 29th April- 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 307
Deaths: 51 pic.twitter.com/1ul1P8JvTH

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 29, 2020

Lagos remains the epicentre of the disease in Nigeria with 931 confirmed cases.