Breaking! Nigeria faces setback as 2 new deaths recorded from Coronavirus; total infections jump to 209

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of 20 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic, popularly known as Coronavirus, in Nigeria.

The new cases were said to have been recorded in Lagos, FCT, Edo, Osun and Ondo states.

Also, sadly, they announced that the virus is the cause of the death of two persons who have just died.

The deaths were recorded in Lagos and Edo state, bringing the total recorded Coronavirus deaths in Nigeria to four.

The total number of infected persons with coronavirus in Nigeria has jumped to 210 due to the 20 new cases confirmed while the total number of people who recovered from Coronavirus infection in Nigeria is now 25.

“Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo

“Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State.

“As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are 210 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria,” the NCDC writes on their Twitter handle.

CORRECTION 1/4

On 3rd of April 2020, we reported 26 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. An error has been discovered in this report as follows:

?? There were 25 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. The 26th case was a repeat result of a previously confirmed case and NOT a new case pic.twitter.com/oq2FA6zvpY

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 4, 2020