Nigeria has recorded 22 new COVID-19 cases in the country.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 22 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, April 8.
This burgeoning online news platform understands that the NCDC noted that of the twenty-two coronavirus cases recorded on Wednesday evening, 15 were detected in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, 4 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, 2 in Bauchi and 1 in Edo State, southern Nigeria.
The NCDC tweeted: “Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo As at 09:00 pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Forty-four have been discharged with six deaths.
“As at 09:00 pm 8th April, there are 276 confirmed cases 44 discharged 6 deaths For more info- covid19.ncdc.gov.ng Lagos- 145 FCT- 54 Osun- 20 Oyo- 11 Edo- 12 Bauchi- 8 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.
Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo
As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths pic.twitter.com/Z7W9nJNowS
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 8, 2020
Meanwhile, Newsone Nigeria reports that the development means that Nigeria’s total confirmed cases of coronavirus have risen to two hundred and seventy-six (276) with forty-four(44) people discharged and six (6 ) deaths recorded.
