Confirmed cases of coronavirus have increased to 362 in Nigeria after 19 new infections were recorded on Tuesday night.
Of the new cases, 14 were recorded in Lagos State, 2 in FCT and one case each in Kano, Akwa Ibom and Edo.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle.
Nineteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
14 in Lagos
2 in FCT
1 in Kano
1 in Akwa Ibom
1 in EdoAs at 09:20 pm 14th April there are 362 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/ySAhNzWnnU
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
In a follow up tweet, NCDC confirmed that there are now 362 Coronavirus cases in 19 states and the FCT.
As at 09:20 pm 14th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT
Lagos- 203
FCT- 58
Osun- 20
Edo- 16
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Katsina-5
Kwara- 4
Kano- 4
Ondo- 3
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
Total Coronavirus toll in Nigeria on Monday night was 343 after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 20 new cases.
The centre made this known in a tweet, revealing that 13 of the cases were reported in Lagos, 2 cases each in Edo, Kano, Ogun and one case in Ondo.
Meanwhile, Nigeria has received €50m from the European Union (EU) to boost its ongoing fight against Coronavirus in the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari hosted the EU team at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja on Tuesday.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina made the announcement in a statement on Twitter.
He said the EU delegate which was headed by Amb Ketil Karlsen, expressed the EU is impressed with efforts by the Federal Government so far in tackling the pandemic.
