The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 20 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Nigeira, taking the total to 343 as at Monday night.
The disease control centre says the total number of states with coronavirus cases are now 19.
“Twenty new cases of COVID-19 have been reported as follows: 13 in Lagos 2 in Edo 2 in Kano 2 in Ogun 1 in Ondo.
“As at 09:50 pm 13th April there are 343 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 91 have been discharged with 10 deaths No of states with confirmed cases:19.
NCDC stated that, as at 09:50 pm 13th April, there are 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 and 5 in Katsina.
Other states are Kwara- 4 Ondo- 3 Delta- 3 Kano- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-2 Benue- 1 Niger- 1 and Anambra- 1.
In a bid to curb the spread of the virus and contain it, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced another 14-day lockdown in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Lagos and Ogun states.
“With this in mind and having carefully considered the briefings and Report from the Presidential Task Force and the various options offered, it has become necessary to extend the current restriction of movement in Lagos and Ogun States as well as the FCT for another 14 days effective from 11:59 pm on Monday, 13th of April, 2020. I am therefore once again asking you all to work with Government in this fight,” the President said in a nationwide broadcast at 7pm on Monday.
