Nigeria has recorded thirty-five more new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 442.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC announced through its Twitter handle that as at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of coronavirus reported in the country. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths recorded.
The 35 new cases are reported as follows: 19 in Lagos 9; in FCT 5; in Kano; 2 in Oyo. The states with confirmed cases of COVID-19: Lagos- 251, FCT- 67. Kano- 21, Osun- 20, Edo- 15, Oyo- 13, Ogun- 9, Katsina- 7, Bauchi- 6, Kaduna- 6 Akwa Ibom- 6, Kwara- 4, Delta- 4, Ondo- 3, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Niger- 2, Benue- 1, Anambra- 1.
However, NCDC Director-General Chikwe Ihekweazu, while speaking in a Television programme announced that coronavirus pandemic will get to all the 36 states in Nigeria.
He said the centre will continue to be transparent with its operations and emphasised that the virus will circulate in Nigeria, absolutely no doubt.
