Nigeria Records 290 New COVID-19 Cases, Two Deaths

A man reacts as a medical worker takes a swab from his nose during a community COVID-19 testing campaign in Abuja on April 15, 2020. Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TV

Nigeria has recorded 290 new COVID-19 cases and two fresh deaths.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), said this in its COVID update for Thursday.

According to the report, the 290 cases were recorded in 15 states: FCT (127), Lagos (45), Kaduna (28), Delta (18), Kwara (17), Plateau (13), Zamfara (10), Rivers (8), Imo (21), Ekiti (5), Nasarawa (4), Edo (3), Ondo (3), Akwa Ibom (2) and Oyo (1).

This now brings the number of cases recorded in the country to 207,210.

Of the total cases, 194,796 persons have recovered while 2,742 have died from the virus.

Confirmed Cases by State

States Affected	No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed)	No. of Cases (on admission)	No. Discharged	No. of Deaths
Lagos	77,015	4,001	72,350	664
FCT	22,371	1,483	20,688	200
Rivers	12,268	204	11,910	154
Kaduna	9,754	178	9,501	75
Plateau	9,485	111	9,309	65
Oyo	8,701	524	7,986	191
Edo	6,519	579	5,717	223
Ogun	5,367	14	5,273	80
Ondo	4,501	131	4,275	95
Akwa Ibom	4,320	379	3,897	44
Kano	4,214	60	4,041	113
Kwara	3,889	177	3,650	62
Delta	3,484	822	2,556	106
Osun	2,926	18	2,823	85
Enugu	2,682	64	2,589	29
Gombe	2,504	127	2,327	50
Nasarawa	2,462	78	2,345	39
Anambra	2,346	14	2,313	19
Katsina	2,220	3	2,182	35
Ebonyi	2,059	24	2,003	32
Imo	1,988	83	1,864	41
Abia	1,975	53	1,896	26
Ekiti	1,742	58	1,657	27
Benue	1,690	235	1,430	25
Bauchi	1,617	4	1,596	17
Borno	1,356	4	1,314	38
Bayelsa	1,219	83	1,108	28
Adamawa	1,157	27	1,098	32
Taraba	1,092	14	1,054	24
Niger	1,027	9	998	20
Sokoto	802	8	766	28
Cross River	587	17	546	24
Jigawa	587	10	561	16
Yobe	502	3	490	9
Kebbi	458	9	433	16
Zamfara	276	21	247	8
Kogi	5	0	3	2