The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Wednesday, April 1st, 2020, confirmed twelve (12) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the twelve (12) new cases, nine (9) were recorded in Osun State, two (2) in Edo State and one (1) in Ekiti State.

As at 12:30 pm on April 1st, 2020, there are one hundred and fifty one (151) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Nine of the patients have been discharged, with two deaths.

For a breakdown of confirmed COVID-19 cases by states:
Lagos – 82
FCT – 28
Osun – 14
Oyo – 8
Ogun – 4
Edo – 4
Kaduna – 3
Enugu – 2
Bauchi – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 1
Benue- 1

The NCDC revealed this on Wednesday through its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Twelve new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Osun, 2 in Edo and 1 in Ekiti State

As at 12:30 pm 1st April there are 151 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/SVxZ4H3pBd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

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