FLASH: NCDC confirms 22 new cases of COVID-19, total tally now 276.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 22 fresh cases of COVID-19 taking Nigeria’s total cases to 276 with 6 deaths and 44 discharged. The new cases were reported in Lagos, Abuja, Bauchi and Edo.
The NCDC made this known to the public yesterday night via a series of tweets from their verified Twitter handle:
“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 .. deaths.
As at 09:00 pm 8th April, there are 276 confirmed cases 44 discharged 6 deaths.
For more info- 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 (dead)”
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