The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Tuesday, announced 16 more confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Nigeria.
The centre made this known in a tweet from its official handle.
It tweeted: “Sixteen cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina
As at 9:30 pm 7th April, there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Forty-four have been discharged with six deaths.”
According to NCDC, the confirmed cases in Nigeria according to states are as follow: Lagos-130, FCT-50, Osun-20, Oyo-11, Edo-11, Bauchi- 6, Akwa-ibom- 5, Kaduna- 5, Ogun- 4, Enugu-2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers- 2, Benue-1, Ondo- 1, Kwara- 2, Delta- 1, Katsina-1.
Delta State has recorded its first confirmed case, while Lagos State still remains the epicentre of this pandemic.