The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Saturday confirmed the first index case in Imo State.
NCDC, while giving updates on confirmed cases on Saturday night, confirmed that the state has joined its counterparts battling with the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
This brings the number of states with no case of Coronavirus to ten as Adamawa, a few days ago also recorded its index case.
NCDC on its Twitter page wrote: “87 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;
“33 in Lagos,18 in Borno, 12 in Osun,9 in Katsina,4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo,3 in Bauchi,1 in Imo.
“As at 11:55 pm, 25th April, there are 1182 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.”