COVID-19 Explosion: 91 new Confirmed cases, totals 1,273 as Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba get infected

Ebonyi, Bayelsa, Kebbi and Taraba have added up to 32 States of the Federation (+FCT)  that have been infected by the Coronavirus Pandemic in Nigeria.

This was made known by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday 26th April, 2020.

According to NCDC, as at 11:50pm 26th April, 43 cases were recorded in Lagos, 8 in Sokoto, 6 in Taraba, 5 in Kaduna, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Ondo, 3 in FCT, 3 in Edo, 3 in Oyo, 3 in Rivers, 3 in Bauchi, 3 in Osun, 1 in Akwaibom, 1 in Bayelsa, 1 in Ebonyi and 1 in Kebbi aggregated to 91 New Confirmed Cases.

The Agency also reported 5 new deaths of the COVID-19 victims and 17 new recoveries, bringing the total number of Deaths and total number of Recoveries to 40 and 239 respectively.

Current break down is as follows:

• Lagos                         731
• FCT                              141
• Ogun                            35
• Ekiti                               8
• Oyo                               21
• Edo                               25
• Bauchi                          14
• Osun                            34
• Rivers                            6
• Enugu                            2
• Benue                            1
• Kaduna                         15
• Akwaibom                    12
• Ondo                             3
• Kwara                           11
• Katsina                        30
• Delta                            6
• Niger                            2
• Anambra                     1
• Kano                           77
• Jigawa                         2
• Borno                           30
• Abia                              2
• Sokoto                          10
• Gombe                          35
• Adamawa                     1
• Plateau                          1
• Zamfara                        2
• Imo                                 1
• Taraba                            6
• Bayelsa                          1
• Kebbi                              1
• Ebonyi                            1

Total Confirmed Cases - 1273

Total Recovery - 239

Total Death - 40

Active Cases - 994

Total States     32 + FCT

According to NCDC, the 5 new deaths were reported as 2 in Osun, 1 in Katsina, 1 in Oyo, 1 in Rivers while the 17 recoveries were reported as 12 in Lagos, 1 in Edo and 4 in Oyo.

The death toll as reported by NCDC indicates that Lagos has recorded 19 Deaths, 3 in Abuja, 1 in Kano, 2 in Katsina, 3 in Edo, 1 in Delta, 1 in Akwaibom and 2 in Borno, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Ondo, 1 in Ekiti, 1 in Ogun, 2 in Rivers and 2 in Osun, bringing the total death toll to 40.

Analysis from the current report from NCDC indicates that Lagos has 128 recovered victims, 35 in Abuja, 18 in Osun, 8 in Edo, 9 in Oyo, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Kaduna, 9 in Akwaibom, 2 in Ekiti, 2 in Rivers, 2 in Enugu, 2 in Rivers, 2 in Kwara and 6 in Bauchi, 2 in Ondo, 0 in Kano, 6 in Katsina, 0 in Gombe, 0 in Delta, 0 in Borno, 0 in Abia, 0 in Niger, 0 in Jigawa, 0 in Gombe, 1 in Anambra, 0 in Benue and 0 in Sokoto.

The statistical report from NCDC also indicates that there are 584 Active cases in Lagos, 103 in FCT, 76 in Kano, 14 in Osun, 10 in Oyo, 14 in Edo, 29 in Ogun, 24 in Katsina, 9 in Kwara, 2 in Akwaibom, 8 in Bauchi, 9 in Kaduna, 5 in Delta, 6 in Ondo, 5 in Ekiti, 0 in Enugu, 0 in Rivers,  2 in Niger, 2 in Jigawa, 1 in Benue, 0 in Anambra, 28 in Borno, 35 in Gombe, 2 in Abia and 10 in Sokoto, 1 in Adamawa, 1 in Plateau, 2 in Zamfara, 1 in Imo, 6 in Taraba, 1 in Kebbi, 1 in Ebonyi and 1 in Bayelsa.