238 new cases of Covid19 confirmed
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced at about 11pm (May 1st, 2020) that Nigeria has recorded 238 new cases of corona virus. The announcement was made via the official Twitter handle of the Center. This is the highest number so far to be recorded in a day since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. However from the analysis and breaking down of the figure, the center said Kano has 92, FCT-36, Lagos-30, Gombe-16, Bauchi-10, Delta-8, Oyo-6, Zamfara-5, Sokoto-5, Ondo-4, Nasarawa-4, Kwara-3, Edo-3, Ekiti-3, Borno-3, Yobe-3, Adamawa-2, Niger-1, Imo-1, Ebonyi-1, Rivers-1 and Enugu-1. The centre further said so far there are 2170 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria; 351 discharged and 68 Deaths recorded.