Nigeria has on Sunday recorded 91 additional cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19), making the total number of confirmed cases to 1273, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said. According to a tweet by the NCDC, 43 cases were recorded in Lagos State, 8 in Sokoto, 6 in Taraba, and 5 in Kaduna and Gombe.

However, 239 people have recovered, while the country's death toll is now 40.


"91 new cases of #COVID19 reported; 43 Lagos, eight Sokoto, six Taraba, five Kaduna, five Gombe, three Ondo, three FCT, three Edo, three Oyo, three Rivers, three Bauchi, two Osun, one Akwa Ibom, one Bayelsa, one Ebonyi and one Kebbi.


"As at 26th April, 1273 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.


Discharged: 239, deaths: 40," the disease centre said.