Nigeria records 86 new cases of COVID-19

Eighty-Six new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on its verified twitter handle on Sunday night.

It said 70 of the new cases are in Lagos, seven in FCT, three in Katsina, three in Akwa Ibom, while Jiagawa, Bauchi and Borno States have one each.

The total confirmed cases in Nigeria are now 627 with 21 deaths.

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

70 in Lagos
7 in FCT
3 in Katsina
3 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Jigawa
1 in Bauchi
1 in Borno

As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

Discharged: 170
Deaths: 21 pic.twitter.com/7gsnusWRow

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 19, 2020