Nigeria has recorded its highest number of coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in one day with 196 new cases announced on Wednesday, April 29, 2020.
Lagos State recorded the highest number of cases with 87, according to an announcement made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The NCDC also announced that Nigeria’s COVID-19 fatalities have increased to 51.
It tweeted, “196 new cases of #COVID19 reported: 87 were recorded in Lagos, Kano – 24,
Gombe – 18, Kaduna – 17, FCT- 16, Katsina – 10, Sokoto – 8, Edo – 7, Borno – 6, one each in Yobe, Ebonyi, and Adamawa.
“As of 11:55 pm on the 29th of April, 1728 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 307; Deaths: 51.”