Nigeria’s Coronavirus toll climbs to 323, with five new cases

By Kazeem Ugbodaga

Nigeria’s Coronavirus cases have reached 323 after five new cases were confirmed on Sunday.

In the figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Lagos and Kwara States have two new cases each while Katsina recorded one case.

“Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 2 in Lagos, 2 in Kwara  and 1 in Katsina

“As at 09:10 pm, 12th April, there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths.

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

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

2 in Lagos
2 in Kwara
1 in Katsina

As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths

There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/hfsRXAaiTQ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 12, 2020

For the first time in over a week, Lagos experienced its biggest drop in Coronavirus with only two cases.

This is in contrast with 13 cases it received on Saturday and 11 cases on Thursday.

With 112 active cases on Sunday morning, Lagos has moved to having 114 actives cases.

How States Stand

Lagos- 176

FCT- 56

Osun- 20

Edo- 12

Oyo- 11

Ogun- 7

Bauchi- 6

Kaduna- 6

Akwa Ibom- 5

Katsina-5

Kwara- 4

Delta- 3

Enugu- 2

Ekiti- 2

Rivers-2

Ondo- 2

Benue- 1

Niger- 1

Anambra- 1

Kano-1