NCDC
The coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria is still rising as the Nigeria Centre for Disease control, NCDC released its daily report for COVID-19 in the country. The agency records its highest number of cases in a single day. This also brings in more death cases and more patients discharged.
The NCDC agency released this in a statement;
It said, “32 in Lagos 6 in Kano 5 in Kwara 2 in FCT 2 in Oyo 2 in Katsina 1 in Ogun 1 in Ekiti As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 159 Deaths: 17 #TakeResponsibility“
This brings the number of active cases in the country to 317. Currently, the cases by states is; Lagos- 283, FCT- 69, Kano- 27, Osun- 20, Edo- 15, Oyo- 15, Ogun- 10, Kwara- 9, Katsina- 9, Bauchi- 6, Kaduna- 6, Akwa Ibom- 6, Delta- 4, Ondo- 3, Ekiti- 3, Enugu- 2, Rivers-2, Niger- 2, Benue- 1, Anambra- 1.
