Thirty-five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported

In the latest update of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Thirty-five new cases have been reported as of Thursday evening, April 16th 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, Oyo, Kano, and FCT.

Their tweet reads,

19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in Oyo

As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states-

As at 10:20 pm 16th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT

Lagos- 251
FCT- 67
Kano- 21
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 13
Ogun- 9
Katsina- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Kwara- 4
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1