Seventeen new cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria

In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, fourteen new cases have been reported as of Friday evening, April 10th by the National Centre for Disease Control.

In a new update on their Twitter page, the NCDC reports that there’s seventeen new cases in Lagos, Katsina, FCT, Niger, Kaduna, Anambra and Ondo. Their tweet reads,

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

8 in Lagos
3 in Katsina
2 in FCT
1 in Niger
1 in Kaduna
1 in Anambra
1 in Ondo

As at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 58 have been discharged with 7 deaths

Also making corrections in the number of cases between Lagos and Ogun, NCDC tweeted;

Three cases previously included as Lagos state cases have been transferred to Ogun state. The three cases live in satellite towns in Ogun close to Lagos

Therefore, Lagos State has reported 163 confirmed cases while Ogun State has reported 7 confirmed cases

For a breakdown of cases by states-

As at 09:30 pm 10th April, there are

305 confirmed cases
58 discharged
7 deaths

Lagos- 163
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 12
Oyo- 11
Bauchi- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Ogun- 7
Kaduna- 6
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Kwara- 2
Delta- 2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 2
Katsina-4
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1