Covid 19 :Nigeria’s deaths hit 68

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control,NCDC, has  reported 68 casualties from the pandemic in the country with  238 new cases of #COVID19.

The total number of coronavirus deaths reported in Lagos State as of May 1, was 28, the highest in the country.

Sokoto and Borno States followed with seven and six fatalities respectively while Abuja, Edo, Osun and Kano States have recorded three deaths each.

Also, two coronavirus patients have died in each of Katsina, Oyo, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Rivers States while Ekiti, Kaduna, Zamfara, Jigawa and Ogun States have also recorded one fatality each.

The roll call is as follows:

‪92-Kano‬
‪36-FCT‬
‪30-Lagos‬
‪16-Gombe‬
‪10-Bauchi‬
‪8-Delta‬
‪6-Oyo‬
‪5-Zamfara‬
‪5-Sokoto‬
‪4-Ondo‬
‪4-Nasarawa‬
‪3-Kwara‬
‪3-Edo‬
‪3-Ekiti‬
‪3-Borno‬
‪3-Yobe‬
‪2-Adamawa‬
‪1-Niger‬
‪1-Imo‬
‪1-Ebonyi‬
‪1-Rivers‬
‪1-Enugu‬