The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC confirmed 20 new coronavirus cases Monday night. Thirteen of the cases were confirmed in Lagos; two each in Edo, Kano and Ogun states and one in Ondo State.
The new cases brought the national tally to 343. So far, 91 persons have been discharged and 10 deaths recorded.
The two confirmed cases in Kano are returnee Nigerian students from Istanbul, Turkey and a 63-year-old woman.
About nineteen states have recorded confirmed cases which includes: Lagos 189; FCT 56; Osun 20; Edo 14; Oyo 11; Ogun 9; six each in Bauchi and Kaduna; five each in Akwa Ibom and Katsina; Kwara 4; three each in Ondo, Delta and Kano; two each Enugu, Ekiti and Rivers and one each in Benue, Niger and Anambra.
Earlier, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu
of Lagos State had announced the discharge of six additional patients from the
Infectious Disease Hospital Yaba, Lagos mainland. Five of the discharged
patients are males.
