Nigeria Confirms 20 More Coronavirus Cases After Buhari Extends Lockdown Period

Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, address the media (file image courtesy: NCDC)

Nigeria confirmed 20 new coronavirus cases less than three hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the period of lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun for another two weeks.

Concise News reports that 13 of the latest cases were confirmed in Lagos, the epicentre of COVID-19 in Africa’s most populous nation, two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun, while Ondo recorded one infection.

This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 343, with 10 deaths, while 91 persons have recovered, according to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

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

See a breakdown below.

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

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