The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of fourteen new Coronavirus disease cases in the country.
In the new cases which brings the total number of cases to 288, Lagos State has 13 cases while 1 case was recorded in Delta State.
Of the 288 cases, 51 has so far recovered and have been discharged while the death toll increased to 7.
As at 09:30 pm 9th April, there are
288 confirmed cases
51 discharged
7 deathsFor more info-https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 9, 2020
The agency also apologised for erroneously reporting 2 new cases in Bauchi yesterday.
It said further review of the figure reeled out indicated that the reported cases were repeat tests for previously confirmed cases.
