Kano State Ministry for Health has confirmed twelve new cases of coronavirus. It also confirmed first death in the state from the virus.
The Ministry on its official Twitter handle announced: “Wednesday, 15th April 2020. As at 11:55 pm, 1 death of #COVID19 has been recorded.”
The NCDC said as at 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday, there were 407 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. A total of 128 patients have recovered and have been discharged while 12 people have died.
“Out of the total confirmed cases, 267 are still active, 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths reported,” the agency said.
The new deaths were reported in Lagos and Kano, adding to the 11 deaths earlier reported.
As of the time of reporting, 19 states and the FCT have confirmed at least a case of the virus in Nigeria.
Lagos State has now reported 232 cases, followed by FCT – 58, Osun – 20, Kano – 16, Edo – 15, Oyo – 11, Ogun – 9, Katsina – 7, Bauchi, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom – 6, Kwara and Delta – 4, while Ondo has 3 cases. Enugu, Niger, Ekiti, and Rivers have two cases each, while Benue, and Anambra have recorded one each.
