Kunle Adelabu
Nigeria on Monday recorded 20 new cases of COVID-19, bringing to 343 the total number of confirmed cases in the country.
Lagos maintain its position as the epicenter of the ravaging pandemic with 13 of these new cases recorded in the commercial nerve centre of the country.
Lagos now has 189 confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
Giving a breakdown of the new cases, the NCDC said two cases each recorded in Edo, Kano, and Ogun while one was recorded in Ondo State.
“As at 09:50 pm on April 13, there are 343 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Ninety-one have been discharged with 10 deaths” NCDC said.
A breakdown of the total figures showed that Lagos has 189 cases; FCT 56; Osun 20; Edo 14; Oyo 11; Ogun nine; Bauchi and Kaduna six each; Akwa Ibom and Katsina five each; Kwara four; Ondo, Delta and Kano three each; Enugu, Ekiti and Rivers two each while Benue, Niger, and Anambra have one each.
Of the 189 cases in Lagos, a total of 61 survivors discharged, five deaths and another five cases transferred.
