NCDC
The coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria is currently being handled very well according to recent reports, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) today released reports of new cases and also discharges.
The agency made this announcement in a tweet;
It said, ” Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 2 in Lagos 2 in Kwara 1 in Katsina As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria.”
This brings a much welcomed good news of more discharged patients. According to the report, fifteen patients who tested positive to the novel coronavirus have now tested negative and were released back into society.
Coronavirus by States
This also reduces the current number of active coronavirus cases in the country from 238 to 228. Currently the cases by states are; Lagos – 176, FCT – 56, Osun – 20, Edo – 12, Oyo – 11, Ogun – 7, Bauchi – 6, Kaduna – 6, Akwa Ibom – 5, Katsina -5, Kwara – 4, Delta – 3, Enugu – 2, Ekiti – 2, Rivers -2, Ondo – 2, Benue – 1, Niger – 1, Anambra – 1, Kano -1.