The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday, April 13th, 2020 said it has confirmed twenty (20) new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the twenty newly confirmed coronavirus cases, thirteen (13) cases were recorded in Lagos State, two (2) in Edo State, two (2) in Kano State, two (2) in Ogun State and one (1) in Ondo State.

As at 9:50 pm Monday, April 13th, 2020, there are three hundred and forty three (343) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reported in Nigeria. Ninety one (91) patients have been discharged, with 10 deaths.

Currently, there are nineteen (19) states with confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.

For a breakdown of COVID-19 cases in Nigeria by state:
Lagos – 189
FCT – 56
Osun – 20
Edo – 14
Oyo – 11
Ogun – 9
Bauchi – 6
Kaduna – 6
Akwa Ibom – 5
Katsina – 5
Kwara – 4
Ondo – 3
Delta – 3
Kano – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Benue – 1
Niger – 1
Anambra – 1

The NCDC disclosed this on Monday via a tweet on its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

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

13 in Lagos
2 in Edo
2 in Kano
2 in Ogun
1 in Ondo

As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths

No of states with confirmed cases:19 pic.twitter.com/Fk43AcO3Bk

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 13, 2020

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