BREAKING: NCDC Confirms 20 More Covid-19 Cases After PMB Extends Lockdown Period

Nigeria confirmed 20 new covid-19 cases less than three hours after President Muhammadu Buhari extended the period of lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun for another two weeks.

Concise News reports that 13 of the latest cases were confirmed in Lagos, the epicentre of COVID-19 cases in Africa’s most populous nation, two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun, while Ondo recorded one infection.

This brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 343, with 10 deaths, while 91 persons have recovered, according to a tweet by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

 

See a breakdown below.

343 confirmed cases
91 discharged
10 deaths

Lagos- 189
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 14
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Katsina-5
Kwara- 4
Ondo- 3
Delta- 3
Kano- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1