NCDC confirms 13 fresh cases of coronavirus as Nigeria’s total figure rises to 318

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed 13 new cases of coronavirus in the country.

The centre said on its Twitter handle that the new cases had increased the number of people infected by the virus in the country to 318.

According to the NCDC, 11 cases were recorded in Lagos and one each in Delta and Kano States.

It said 70 patients have been discharged and 10 others killed by the disease.

NCDC said: “13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta and 1 in Kano. As at 9:30 p.m. 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.”

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“ On state-by-state report we have – 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.”

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