Breaking! Coronavirus cases in Nigeria jump to 318; 13 new cases discovered

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 13 new cases of the Coronavirus in Nigeria.

According to a tweet by the NCDC, 11 of the new cases were confirmed in Lagos State and one each in Delta and Kano states.

With the new cases discovered, the total number of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria has now jumped to 318.

10 people have also died from the disease, the NCDC also announced while 70 people have recovered and been discharged from hospital facilities where they received treatment.

“13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano,” the NCDC tweets.

“As at 9:30 pm 11th April, there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths. There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria,” the tweet adds.

13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano

As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths

There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/xXbp6lX2mS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 11, 2020

In a follow-up tweet, the NCDC also provided a distribution of confirmed Covid-19 infections across the various states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

According to the data by the NCDC, Lagos remains the state hit most hard by the infection and has recorded 174 f confirmed infections. Abuja is second with 56 infections while Osun State, which has recorded 20 cases is third on the list.

As at 9:30pm 11th April, there are

318 confirmed cases
70 discharged
10 deaths

Lagos- 174
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 12
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Katsina-4
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Kwara- 2
Ondo- 2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1
Kano-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 11, 2020