The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has, on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020, confirmed twenty two new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the newly confirmed twenty two COVID-19 cases, fifteen (15) were recorded in Lagos State, four (4) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two (2) in Bauchi State, one (1) in Edo State

As at 09:00 pm on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020, there are two hundred and seventy six (276) confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Forty four cases have been discharged, with six deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by state:
Lagos – 145
FCT- 54
Osun – 20
Oyo – 11
Edo – 12
Bauchi – 8
Akwa Ibom – 5
Kaduna – 5
Ogun – 4
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Benue – 1
Ondo – 1
Kwara – 2
Delta – 1
Katsina – 1

The NCDC disclosed this via its website (http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/) and its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov on Wednesday.

Justin Nwosu

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