Nigeria Records 22 New Cases Of COVID-19, Total Now 276

The NCDC noted that of the 22 new cases, 15 were recorded in Lagos, four in FCT, two in Bauchi and one in Edo.

Nigeria's COVID-19 positive cases up to 4,151/ Photo credit: qz.com
Nigeria's COVID-19 positive cases up to 4,151/ Photo credit: qz.com

Nigeria has recorded 22 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of COVID-19 in the country to 276.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed on Wednesday night in its tweet updates.

The NCDC noted that of the 22 new cases, 15 were recorded in Lagos, four in FCT, two in Bauchi and one in Edo.

A total of 44 patients have recovered and discharged, while six persons have died of coronavirus pandemic in the country.

“Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo

“As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths,” it tweted

Coronavirus has spread to 17 states in Nigeria. Below are the states and the number of COVID-19 cases recorded in them: Lagos- 145, FCT- 54, Osun- 20, Oyo- 11, Edo- 12, Bauchi- 8, Akwa Ibom- 5, Kaduna- 5, Ogun- 4, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Benue- 1, Ondo- 1, Kwara- 2, Delta- 1, Katsina-1

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