Nigeria Records 20 COVID-19 Cases, See All Affected States

Nigeria has recorded new COVID-19 cases with the NCDC announcing 20 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 20 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Monday evening, April 13.

This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the twenty coronavirus cases recorded on Monday evening, 13 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 2 in Edo 2 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria.

The  NCDC tweeted: “Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 13 in Lagos 2 in Edo 2 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Ondo As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths No of states with confirmed cases:19.

“As at 09:50 pm 13th April, there are 343 confirmed cases 91 discharged 10 deaths Lagos- 189 FCT- 56 Osun- 20 Edo- 14 Oyo- 11 Ogun- 9 Bauchi- 6 Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 5 Katsina-5 Kwara- 4 Ondo- 3 Delta- 3 Kano- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Benue- 1 Niger- 1 Anambra- 1,” the tweet added.

Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

13 in Lagos
2 in Edo
2 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Ondo

As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths

No of states with confirmed cases:19 pic.twitter.com/Fk43AcO3Bk

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 13, 2020

Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to three hundred and forty-three (323) with ninety-one (91) people discharged and ten (10 ) deaths recorded so far.