The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has shot up to 276 with the confirmation of 22 new cases on Wednesday night.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced the new cases on its Twitter account.
The tweet read: “Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo .
“As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.
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“As at 09:00 pm 8th April, there are
276 confirmed cases
44 discharged
6 deaths
Lagos- 145
FCT- 54
Osun- 20
Oyo- 11
Edo- 12
Bauchi- 8
Akwa Ibom- 5
Kaduna- 5
Ogun- 4
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1
Kwara- 2
Delta- 1
Katsina-1 ”
