Nigeria has recorded 108 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, making the total now 981 in the country.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC announced this in a post on its official twitter handle that as at 11:30pm on 23rd April, there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria, 197 discharged and 31 deaths.
It stated in the post that Lagos had the highest with 78 new cases while the Federal Capital Territory followed with 14. Ogun had five, Gombe recorded four while Borno and Akwa Ibom confirmed three and two new cases respectively. Kwara and Plateau had one each.
Following the continuous rise in the coronavirus cases in Nigeria, the 36 state Governor have agreed to enforce a 14-day lockdown to halt the spread of the disease.
The 14-day lockdown extension order by President Muhammadu Buhari in the FCT, Lagos and Ogun will end at the weekend, making it four weeks of lockdown.
