Nigeria Records 34 New Cases, Toll Hit 407
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Wednesday night reported 34 new cases of coronavirus.
The centre made this known in a tweet, stating that 18 cases were reported in Lagos, 12 in Kano, 2 in Katsina and one case each in Delta and Niger.
As at 11:20 pm on April 15, there are now 407 Coronavirus cases, 128 discharged and 12 deaths nationwide.
Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 15, 2020
18 Lagos
12 in Kano
2 in Katsina
1 in Delta
1 in Niger
As at 11:20 pm 15th April there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/oxM9pVb9QQ
In a follow up tweet, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed there are Coronavirus cases in 19 states in Nigeria, as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
As at 11:20 pm 15th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 15, 2020
Lagos- 232
FCT- 58
Osun- 20
Kano- 16
Edo- 15
Oyo- 11
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
NCDC had on Tuesday night confirmed 373 cases across the nation after 30 cases were reported.
Of the cases reported yesterday, 25 were recorded in Lagos state, 2 in FCT and one case each in Kano, Akwa Ibom and Edo.
Meanwhile, Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-olu revealed that 16 Coronavirus patients, including 3 foreigners were discharged from isolation facilities in the state.
Governor Sanwo-Olu broke the news in a series of tweets on Wednesday, adding that the foreigners are from Britain, China and Poland.