Imo state has joined the growing list of states battling the COVID-19 pandemic, this is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced that 86 fresh cases have been recorded in the country.

The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page.

According to the agency, of the 87 new cases, 33 are considered in Lagos, 18 in Borno, 12 in Osun, 9 in Kastina, 4 in Kano, 4 in Ekiti, 3 in Edo, 3 In Bauchi, 1 In Imo.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 1182

As at 11:55pm 25th April

Lagos-689
FCT-138
Kano-77
Ogun-35
Osun-32
Gombe-30
Katsina-30
Borno-30
Edo-22
Oyo-18
Kwara-11
Akwa Ibom-11
Bauchi-11
Kaduna-10
Ekiti-8
Ondo-4
Delta-6
Rivers-3
Jigawa-2
Enugu-2
Niger-2
Abia-2
Zamfara-2
Sokoto-2
Benue-1
Anambra-1
Adamawa-1
Plateau-1
Imo-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 25, 2020