<p class="">Coronavirus has now spread to 30 states in Nigeria.</p>
<h1>Coronavirus has spread to three more states in Nigeria as total cases of the pandemic in the country rise to 1,273 with five new deaths.</h1>
<p class="">The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday, April 27, 2020, reported that 91 new cases were confirmed in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.</p>
<p class="">According to the agency, 48 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, eight in Sokoto, six in Taraba and five cases each in Kaduna and Gombe state.</p>
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<p class="">While Ondo, Edo, Abuja, Rivers, Oyo and Bauchi state recorded three cases each, Osun state recorded two.</p>
<p class="">The NCDC also announced an index case in Bayelsa, Kebbi and Ebonyi state.</p>
<p class="">Lagos remains the epicentre of the pandemic in Nigeria as the total number of confirmed cases in the state jumped to 731.</p>
<p class="">The Sunday update by the NCDC also showed that five new deaths were recorded, bringing the total number of coronavirus fatalities in the country to 40. </p>
<p class="">With the 91 new cases, coronavirus has now spread to 30 states in Nigeria.</p>
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