The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed Thirty-five new cases of the coronavirus, as the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria as at Thursday 16th April 2020, hits 442.
The NCDC confirming the Thirty-five new cases of the coronavirus, took to its official verified twitter handle on Thursday evening, to announce that 19 of the new cases are in Lagos, nine in FCT, five in Kano and two in Oyo. These figures take the aggregate confirmed cases to 442, with 152 discharged patients so far, and 13 deaths recorded. This was as at 10:20 pm Thursday 16th April 2020.
As at 10:20 pm 16th April, number of states with confirmed cases of COVID-19, show that:
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