Nigeria has confirmed 13 new cases of the the deadly COVID-19 in the country. This brings the total number of cases to……
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control took to it’s the official Twitter handle to make this announcement.
This new cases bring the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 318.
NCDC tweeted, “13 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta & 1 in Kano.
“As at 9:30pm 11th April, there are 318 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
“70 have been discharged with 10 deaths.
“There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria
The health agency further gave a breakdown of the number of States affected and the total number of confirmed cases in each state.
The agency had earlier disclosed that two additional COVID-19 laboratories has been established in the country.
It tweeted, “Two new labs have been activated for #COVID19 testing-
1.Influenza Laboratory at @aminukanoth Kano
2. @nvrivom, Plateau State.
“This brings the number of COVID-19 testing labs in Nigeria to 11
In progress- Maiduguri, Sokoto, Port Harcourt & Kaduna, ” it added
Recall that Naijahomebased reported that earlier today that Kano has recorded its first COVID-19 case.