COVID-19: Lagos records 70 new cases, total now 376

Seventy new coronavirus cases have been reported in Lagos State, bringing the total cases in the state to 376, The PUNCH reports.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Sunday night via its Twitter handle.

“Eighty-six new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos, 7 in FCT, 3 in Katsina, 3 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Jigawa, 1 in Bauchi, 1 in Borno.

“As at 11:50 pm 19th April, there are 627 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria,” it stated, adding that the total recoveries in the country were 170 while the total deaths were 21.

A breakdown of cases by states showed that Lagos has 376 cases, FCT has 88 infections, Kano has 36, Osun, 20; Oyo, 16; Edo, 15; Ogun, 12; Kwara, 9; Katsina, 12; Bauchi, 7; Kaduna, 6; Akwa Ibom, 9; Delta, 4; Ekiti- 3, Ondo, 3; Enugu, 2; Rivers, 2; Niger, 2; Benue,  1, Anambra, 1; Borno, 1; and Jigawa, 2.

The PUNCH reports that Lagos is currently on lockdown which is to enforce social distancing as part of measures to curb the community transmission of the lethal virus in the nation’s economic capital. Punch