ABUJA – COVID-19 is gradually but steadily pushing its way further into Nigeria with 23 new cases reported late on Monday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
The new infections happened in Lagos, Kano, Edo, Ogun and Ondo states.
On a happy note, however, the number of discharged patients moved up to 91 from 85 on Sunday following the earlier announcement on Monday of the discharge of six patients form Lagos.
The number of deaths remained 10.
The full report by NCDC on Twitter is as follows:
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.
As at 09:50 pm 13th April, there are
343 confirmed cases
91 discharged
10 deaths
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
