Nigeria has recorded 14 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 288 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.
Announcing this Thursday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said Lagos recorded 13 new cases, while Delta recorded one.
Although NCDC recorded 276 cases Wednesday, two of the assumed new cases from Bauchi were later dropped as old cases. The NCDC has apologised for the mix-up..
NCDC said: “As at 09:30 pm April 9, there are 288 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 51 persons have been discharged with seven deaths recorded.”
The breakdown of the figures show that Lagos currently has 158 cases, Federal Capital Territory 54, Osun 20, Edo 12, Oyo 11, Bauchi six, Akwa Ibom and Kaduna both have five each, Ogun four, Enugu, Ekiti, Rivers, Kwara and Delta have two each, while Benue, Ondo and Katsina have one each
