Lagos State Records Another Coronavirus Death

Lagos State has recorded another death from the Coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to 19.

The State Ministry of Health disclosed this via Twitter on Saturday, hours after an additional 80 cases of the Coronavirus were confirmed in the state.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) had announced on Friday that there were 114 new cases in the country.

Of the 114 cases, Lagos has 80, Gombe has 21, while the FCT has five.

Two cases each were recorded in Zamfara and Edo, while Ogun, Oyo, Kaduna and Sokoto have one case each.

With these new infections, Nigeria’s total cases now stand at 1,095, out of which 208 cases have been discharged while 32 deaths have been recorded.

Also, as of Friday, the worldwide death toll from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 193,930, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT.