The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has at 10:00 pm on Friday, April 3rd, 2020, confirmed twenty new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the twenty (20) new cases, eleven (11) in Lagos State, three (3) in the FCT, three (3) in Edo State, two (2) in Osun State and one (1) in Ondo State.

Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State.

As at 10:30 pm on April 3rd, 2020, there are two hundred and ten (210) confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria.

The NCDC disclosed this at night on Friday during a press briefing and also tweeted it via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo

Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State

As at 10:30 pm 3rd April there are 210 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. pic.twitter.com/YzXdfxXPTe

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 3, 2020

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