The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Saturday, April 11th, 2020 said it has confirmed thirteen (13) new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the thirteen (13) new confirmed cases, eleven (11) were recorded in Lagos State, one (1) in Delta State and one (1) in Kano State.

As at 9:30 pm on Saturday, April 11th, 2020, there are three hundred and eighteen (318) confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) reported in the country. Seventy (70) patients have been discharged from COVID-19 isolation centres, with ten (10) deaths.

There are nineteen (19) Nigerian states with confirmed coronavirus cases in the country.

For a breakdown of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria by state:
Lagos – 174
FCT – 56
Osun – 20
Edo – 12
Oyo – 11
Ogun – 7
Bauchi – 6
Kaduna – 6
Akwa Ibom – 5
Katsina – 4
Delta – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Kwara – 2
Ondo – 2
Benue – 1
Niger – 1
Anambra – 1
Kano – 1

The NCDC said this on Saturday, April 11th, 2020, via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano

As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths

There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/xXbp6lX2mS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 11, 2020

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