The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, April 9th, 2020, said it has confirmed fourteen (14) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the latest confirmed fourteen (14) coronavirus cases, thirteen (13) were recorded in Lagos State and one (1) in Delta State.

As at 9:30 pm on Thursday, April 9th, 2020, there are two hundred and eighty eight (288) confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Nigeria. Fifty one patients have been discharged, with seven deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases by state:
Lagos – 158
FCT – 54
Osun – 20
Edo – 12
Oyo – 11
Bauchi – 6
Akwa Ibom – 5
Ogun – 4
Kaduna – 5
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Kwara – 2
Delta – 2
Benue – 1
Ondo – 1
Katsina – 1

The NCDC disclosed this during a press briefing on Thursday, as well as on its website (http://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/) and via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Fourteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 13 in Lagos and 1 in Delta State

As at 09:30 pm 9th April there are 288 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fifty-one have been discharged with seven deaths pic.twitter.com/DuP2SGUiTy

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 9, 2020

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