Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases now 288

The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC has again confirmed an increase in the number of Coronavirus, COVID-19 cases in Nigeria.

In its daily updates on  Thursday, the NCDC said that 14 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 were reported.

According to the center, 13 of the cases were confirmed in Lagos, while 1 case was confirmed in Delta. The latest increase brings the total number of confirmed cases so far to 288.

As at 09:30 pm 9th April, there were 288 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Fifty-one have been discharged with seven deaths” the center said in its official Twitter page.

A breakdown of the cases shows that Lagos now has 158, FCT-54, Osun-20, Oyo- 11, Akwa Ibom- 5, Ogun- 4, Edo- 12,  Kaduna- 5, Bauchi- 6, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers- 2, Benue- 1, Ondo- 1, Kwara-2, Delta- 2, Katsina- 1.