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Nigeria Records Low COVID-19 Cases, See 3 Affected States
Nigeria has recorded low COVID-19 cases today with the NCDC announcing 5 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 5 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Sunday evening, April 12.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the five coronavirus cases recorded on Sunday evening, 2 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 2 in Kwara, and 1 in Katsina State, northern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 2 in Lagos 2 in Kwara 1 in Katsina As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria.
“As at 09:10 pm 12th April, there are 323 confirmed cases 85 discharged 10 deaths Lagos- 176 FCT- 56 Osun- 20 Edo- 12 Oyo- 11 Ogun- 7 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 5 Katsina-5 Kwara- 4 Delta- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Ondo- 2 Benue- 1 Niger- 1 Anambra- 1 Kano-1,” the tweet added.
Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
2 in Lagos
2 in Kwara
1 in KatsinaAs at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths
There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/hfsRXAaiTQ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 12, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to three hundred and twenty-three (323) with eighty-five (85) people discharged and ten (10 ) deaths recorded so far.