The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that twenty new cases of Coronavirus, COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria, with two new deaths bringing the total number of cases in the country to 210.
The agency disclosed this in a tweet on its official twitter handle.
It said, “twenty new cases of #COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo. Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State. As at 10:30pm 3rd April there are 210 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria”
This brings in Ondo state with it’s index case. showing that stricter measures might need to be carried out in other states to, as preventive measures should be taken in order for us not to struggle with reacting.
This brings the number of active cases to 181. currently the cases by states are; Lagos – 109, FCT – 41, Osun – 20, Oyo – 8, Edo – 7 , Akwa Ibom – 5, Ogun – 4, Kaduna – 4, Bauchi – 3, Enugu – 2, Ekiti – 2, Osun – 2, Rivers – 1, Benue – 1, Ondo – 1.