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General News of Monday, 4 May 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

JUST IN: NCDC announces 245 fresh COVID-19 cases

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control agency - NCDC has announced 245 fresh coronavirus cases on Monday night.

As a result, this takes the total coronavirus cases in Nigeria to at least 2082 infections.

The NCDC also announced that as of Monday, May 4th, there are a total of 93 deaths and 417 recoveries across the country.

The news comes as the country relaxed its five-weeks lockdown in major cities, beginning with a nationwide curfew of 6am to 8pm from Monday, May 4.

The breakdown of the 245 new cases of #COVID19 according to the NCDC are as follows:

"76-Lagos, 37-Katsina, 32-Jigawa, 23-Kano, 19-FCT, 18-Borno, 10-Edo, 9-Bauchi, 6-Adamawa, 5-Oyo, 5-Ogun, 1-Ekiti, 1-Osun, 1-Benue, 1-Niger, and 1-Zamfara," according to the NCDC.

The NCDC also added that "Nine cases previously announced as discharged cases, were reported in error. Therefore, there are 417 cases that have been discharged

"One case reported in Nasarawa was a repeat test. The state has a total of 11 confirmed cases."

See the breakdown of the whole cases by states: