The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, March 3rd, 2020, confirmed six new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Osun State, Nigeria.

As at 11:00 am on Friday, April 3rd, 2020 there are a total of one hundred and ninety (190) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19 in Nigeria. Twenty of the cases have been discharged, with two deaths.

For a breakdown of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 98
FCT – 38
Osun – 20
Oyo – 8
Akwa Ibom – 5
Ogun – 4
Edo – 4
Kaduna – 4
Bauchi – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers -1
Benue – 1

The NCDC announced this via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Osun State, Nigeria.

As at 11:00 am 3rd April there are 190 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/47NVeHMEux

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 3, 2020

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