Delta State, South Eastern Nigeria, has recorded its first Coronavirus case.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the suspected Coronavirus (COVID-19) case as positive in a statement released on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Tuesday evening, April 7.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the first Coronavirus in Delta brings the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria to two hundred and fifty-four (254) with forty-four (44) people discharged and six (6 ) deaths recorded.
Giving an update on the spread of the disease, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) tweeted: “Sixteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina As at 09:30 pm 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Forty-four, have been discharged with six deaths.
“As at 09:30 pm 7th April, there are 254 confirmed cases 44 discharged 6 deaths For more info- covid19.ncdc.gov.ng Lagos- 130 FCT- 50 Osun- 20 Oyo- 11 Edo- 11 Bauchi- 6 Akwa Ibom- 5 Kaduna- 5 Ogun- 4 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Benue- 1 Ondo- 1 Kwara- 2 Delta- 1 Katsina-1,” the tweet added.
Sixteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina
As at 09:30 pm 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths pic.twitter.com/UlDvzM3cUZ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 7, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to two hundred and fifty-four (254) with forty-four(44) people discharged and six (6 ) deaths recorded.
