Just In: NCDC Confirms Twelve New Coronavirus Cases In Osun, Edo, Ekiti

Twelve new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the country by Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday, April 1.

The NCDC who tweets with the handle @NCDCgov reported that there are 9 new cases in Osun, 2 in Edo and 1 in Ekiti state.

Twelve new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Osun, 2 in Edo and 1 in Ekiti State. 
As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.

Twelve new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Osun, 2 in Edo and 1 in Ekiti State
As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/SVxZ4H3pBd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

As at 12:30 pm 1st April, there are

151 confirmed cases
9 discharged
2 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states in real time- https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet

Currently;
Lagos- 82
FCT- 28
Osun- 14
Oyo- 8
Ogun- 4
Edo- 4
Kaduna- 3
Enugu- 2
Bauchi- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

This announcement is coming barely 24 hours after the centre recorded four new confirmed cases on Tuesday night; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos state.

The total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria has now risen to 151 cases with 9 recovered and 2 deaths so far.