Thirty new cases of the deadly COVID-19 epidemic have been reported in Nigeria in a single day bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 373.
In two separate reports, The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control first confirmed 19 new coronavirus cases around 9:20 PM on Tuesday – 14 were recorded in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory, one each in Kano, Akwa Ibom, and Edo states.
Nineteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
14 in Lagos
2 in FCT
1 in Kano
1 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Edo
As at 09:20 pm 14th April there are 362 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/ySAhNzWnnU
2 hours later 11 more cases were confirmed in Lagos, increasing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Nigeria to 373
Eleven new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Lagos State.
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/XtcbJ4qxA6
The NCDC also confirmed that one new death has been recorded, making the number of fatalities from the infection rise to 11.
The newly-released statistics showed that 99 patients have been discharged from the virus that has spread to 19 states and the FCT with 11 confirmed deaths.
As at 15th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Lagos- 214
Abuja- 58
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Katsina-5
Kwara- 4
Kano- 4
Ondo- 3
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1
TOTAL – 373
