CORONA VIRUS CASES IN NIGERIA RISE TO 493 WITH 51 NEWS CASES RECORDED IN 8 STATES

18/04/20

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DANIELS G. O

FIFTY ONE NEW CASES OF CORONA VIRUS CASES HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE NIGERIA CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

THE CASES EMANATED FROM THE FOLLOWING STATES

(1) LAGOS -32

(2)FCT-2

(3)KANO-6

(4)KWARA-5

(5)OYO-2

(6)EKITI-1

(7)OGUN-1

(8)KATSINA-2

THIS BRINGS TO A TOTAL OF 493 CONFIRMED CASES FOR NIGERIA

159 DISCHARGED AND 17 DEATHS OUT OF 6,649 SAMPLES TESTED SO FAR.

LAGOS STATE HAS THE EPICENTER HAS A TOTAL OF 283 CONFIRMED CASES, ACTIVE CASES, 182,90 DISCHARGED AND 11 DEATHS