The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control have recorded Thirty-five new cases of the COVID-19 virus in four States at toll rises to 442.
According to the NCDC via their twitter handle, 19 cases were recorded in Lagos, 9 in The Federal Capital Territory, 5 in Kano and 2 in Oyo States.
The NCDC made the announcement at about 10:20pm on Thursday night via their social media platform.
“Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows”:
19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in Oyo
“As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths”.
See breakdown of recorded cases in the country by States;
Lagos- 251
FCT- 67
Kano- 21
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 13
Ogun- 9
Katsina- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Kwara- 4
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1
See tweet:
Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in OyoAs at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/b0SK5o3mhx
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 16, 2020