Nigeria: COVID-19 Pandemic Spreads To 19 States, Abuja As More States Declares Lockdown

19 States and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja out of the 36 States of the Federation are currently infected by COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

The NCDC further confirmed Saturday night that Nigeria presently has 318 Cases of Coronavirus spread among the 19 States and FCT.

It said the latest confirmed 13 new cases of COVID19 were: 11 in Lagos, 1 in Delta and 1 in Kano

According to the statistics, “As at 9:30pm 11th April there are 318 confirmed cases of COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 70 have been discharged with 10 deaths. There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria

State by state statistics of the cases showed Lagos- 174, FCT -56 , Osun- 20,- Edo- 12, Oyo- 11, Ogun- 7 ,-Bauchi- 6, Kaduna- 6 , Akwa Ibom- 5, Katsina-4, Delta- 3, Enugu- 2, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-2, Kwara- 2, Ondo- 2, Benue- 1, Niger- 1, Anambra- 1 and Kano-1.

The Minister of health, Dr E.O.Ehanire said, “A key lesson we have learnt in managing #COVID19Nigeria is the need to continuously strengthen national health security. Collective action is critical. Religious & traditional leaders have a role to play in educating the public on #COVID19”