Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced sixteen new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina.
The centre made this known in a series of tweets on Tuesday night.
NCDC also stated that there are 254 confirmed cases in the country and forty-four have been discharged with six deaths.
Sixteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina
As at 09:30 pm 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths pic.twitter.com/UlDvzM3cUZ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 7, 2020
In a follow up tweet by the center, there are 130 cases in Lagos, FCT- 50, Osun – 20, Oyo- 11, Edo- 11, Bauchi- 6, Akwa Ibom- 5, Kaduna- 5, Ogun- 4, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Kwara- 2 and one each in Benue, Ondo, Delta and Katsina.
As at 09:30 pm 7th April, there are
254 confirmed cases
44 discharged
6 deathsFor more info-https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
Lagos- 130
FCT- 50
Osun- 20
Oyo- 11
Edo- 11
Bauchi- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Kaduna- 5
Ogun- 4
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1
Kwara- 2
Delta- 1
Katsina-1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 7, 2020
On Monday night, NCDC had reported six new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria, 2 in Kwara, 2 in Edo, 1 in Rivers and 1 in the FCT.
This was confirmed this in a tweet from the centre, which stated that as of Monday night, there were 238 confirmed cases and 35 recovered and discharged patients in the country.
In other news, Lagos state commissioner of health, Akin Abayomi, has said local transmission of Coronavirus in the state is increasing.
At a press briefing on Monday, Abayomi explained that as at week four, 82 percent of the COVID-19 cases were imported into the country.
The commissioner explained that the following week, 45 percent of the patients had no travel history – an indication that local transmission was on the rise.
