coronavirus
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that seventeen new cases of Coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 305
The agency disclosed this in a tweet on it’s official twitter handle.
It said, ” Seventeen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 8 in Lagos 3 in Katsina 2 in FCT 1 in Niger 1 in Kaduna 1 in Anambra 1 in Ondo As at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 58 have been discharged with 7 deaths.”
This new case update brings in Anambra state and Niger state with their index cases, showing that the coronavirus is still actively spreading, and showing the need for people to keep practicing social distancing.This also adds seven new discharged patients.
This brings the number of active cases to 240. Currently the cases by states are; Lagos- 163, FCT- 56, Osun- 20, Edo- 12, Oyo- 11, Bauchi- 6, Akwa Ibom- 5, Ogun- 7, Kaduna- 6, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Kwara- 2, Delta- 2, Benue- 1, Ondo- 2, Katsina-4, Niger- 1, Anambra- 1.