Covid-19: Virus spreads to another northwestern state as NCDC confirms13 new cases

Thirteen new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed across three states in Nigeria by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

The NCDC in a tweet on its official Twitter page, disclosed Saturday that the confirmed cases were in Lagos, Delta and Kano states.

This now brings the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to 318.

“13 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported; 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta and 1 in Kano State,” the centre tweeted.

“As at 9:30pm April 11, there are 318 confirmed cases of COVID19 in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths.

“There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria.”