The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, April 10th, 2020, said it has confirmed seventeen (17) new cases of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the seventeen (17) new coronavirus cases, eight (8) were recorded in Lagos State, three (3) in Katsina State, two (2) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), one (1) in Niger State, one (1) in Kaduna State, one (1) in Anambra State and one (1) in Ondo State.

As at 9:30 pm on Friday, April 10th, 2020, there are three hundred and five (305) confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Fifty eight (58) patients have been discharged, with seven (7) deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by state:
Lagos – 163
FCT – 56
Osun – 20
Edo – 12
Oyo – 11
Bauchi – 6
Akwa Ibom – 5
Ogun – 7
Kaduna – 6
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Kwara – 2
Delta – 2
Benue – 1
Ondo – 2
Katsina – 4
Niger – 1
Anambra – 1

Three cases previously included as Lagos state cases have been transferred to Ogun state. The three cases live in satellite towns in Ogun close to Lagos.

Therefore, Lagos State has reported one hundred and sixty three (163) confirmed COVID-19 cases while Ogun State has reported seven (7) confirmed cases.

The NCDC disclosed this via a tweet on Friday:

Seventeen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

8 in Lagos
3 in Katsina
2 in FCT
1 in Niger
1 in Kaduna
1 in Anambra
1 in Ondo

As at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 58 have been discharged with 7 deaths pic.twitter.com/0STe5QWxMd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 10, 2020

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