No fewer than seven (7) states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have confirmed new cases of Covid-19 totalling 51.
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced this on Friday night, bringing the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in Nigeria to 493.
“Fifty-one new cases of #COVID19 have been reported:32 in Lagos6 in Kano5 in Kwara2 in FCT2 in Oyo2 in Katsina1 in Ogun1 in Ekiti
“As at 10:10 pm 17th April there are 493 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
Discharged: 159Deaths: 17 #TakeResponsibility,” the tweets @NCDCgov read.
Find the breakdown below:
Lagos- 283
FCT- 69
Kano- 27
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 15
Ogun- 10
Kwara- 9
Katsina- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Ekiti- 3
Enugu- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1
