The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has announced the death of yet another person making the COVID-19 deaths in the country 13.
The NCDC made this known on Thursday night in its latest report on the pandemic.
It revealed that as of 10:20 pm on April 16, five states – Lagos, Edo, Katsina, Delta, and Kano, as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have recorded at least one death.
The NCDC added that 35 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the country, raising the total number of infections to 442.
These infections, it said, were reported from three states – Lagos (19), Kano (five), Oyo (two), as well as the FCT where nine new cases were confirmed.
According to the NCDC, a total of 152 COVID-19 patients have recovered across Nigeria, following the discharge of 24 more people.
It stated that a multi-sectoral national Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) which was activated at Level 3 would continue to coordinate the national response activities.
CASE SUMMARY IN NIGERIA AS AT APRIL 16TH 2020
| Total Samples Tested | > 5000 |
| Total Confirmed cases | 442 |
| Discharged | 152 |
| Death | 13 |
| States Affected | No. of Cases (Lab Confirmed) | No. of Active Cases | No. Discharged | No of Deaths |
| Lagos | 251 | 154 | 90 | 7 |
| Abuja FCT | 67 | 42 | 23 | 2 |
| Kano | 21 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| Osun | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Edo | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 |
| Oyo | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Ogun | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Katsina | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Bauchi | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaduna | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Akwa Ibom | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kwara | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Delta | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Ondo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Enugu | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ekiti | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rivers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Niger | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Benue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Anambra | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 442 | 277 | 152 | 13 |
