Nigeria’s COVID-19 Cases Jump to 442 After 35 New Cases

April 17, 2020
COVID-19 cases 442

By Dipo Olowookere

The number of people getting infected with the deadly Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria is swelling rapidly by the day.

On Thursday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 35 fresh cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 442.

The NCDC, in a notice last night, stated that an additional 19 confirmed cases of the virus were recorded in Lagos, bringing the total number of cases in the commercial capital of Nigeria to 251.

Recall that it was because of the rising figures President Muhammadu Buhari declared a lockdown of Lagos over two weeks ago alongside Abuja and Ogun State.

On Monday, Mr Buhari, during a nationwide broadcast, extended the lockdown of the three places for another two weeks, with the hope that the virus should have been suppressed by them.

In its latest announcement, the NCDC said out of the 35 new cases in the country, Abuja recorded nine, while five were reported in Kano State and two in Oyo State.

“As at 10:20 pm 16th April, there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths,” the agency declared.

A breakdown of the cases across the country showed that Lagos, as earlier said, has recorded 251 cases, while Abuja has had 67 cases, with Kano State having 21 cases.

Osun State has reported 20 cases, Edo State has 15, Oyo State has 13, Ogun State has 9, Katsina State has 7, the trio of Bauchi, Kaduna and Akwa Ibom States have reported 6 each, while Kwara and Delta State have 4 each, Ondo State has 3, Enugu, Ekiti, Rivers and Niger State have 2 each, with Benue and Anambra States recording one each.

Dipo Olowookere

Dipo Olowookere is a journalist based in Nigeria that has passion for reporting business news stories. At his leisure time, he watches football and supports 3SC of Ibadan.

Mr Olowookere can be reached via [email protected]

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