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JUST IN: Death in Nigeria rises as Lagos, Kano, Ogun top COVID-19 table

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May 4, 2020

Kayode Adelowokan

As the world continued to battle the global pandemic, Coronavirus (COVID-19), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed 170 new cases with the death toll rising to 87 and 400 discharged.

According to a tweet by NCDC on Sunday, of the new infections, 39 are in Lagos, 29 from Kano, 24 in Ogun and 18 from Bauchi.

The FCT and Sokoto had 12 each, while Katsina has 8 cases and 7 cases were recorded in Borno.

Three cases were recorded in Nasarawa, two in Adamawa and one in Oyo state.

Below is the new table:

A breakdown of cases by state and other details can be found via https://t.co/A0NkMvZqE5 pic.twitter.com/dRw7n4u8lf

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) May 3, 2020

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