The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, (NCDC) has confirmed ten new cases of the COVID-19, thus making it a total number of 224 cases in the country with one new death.
Reportedly, Of the ten new cases, six are in Lagos, two are in Edo, while the other two are in the FCT.
Currently, five persons have died from the disease while 27 others have recovered so far and have been discharged.
Reports says that as at 11:15 am, April 5, there are 224 confirmed of cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.
The NCDC had twittered thus:
NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2020
“As at 11:15am 5th April, there are:
224 confirmed cases
27 discharged
5 deaths
Lagos- 115
FCT- 45
Osun- 20
Oyo- 9
Akwa Ibom- 5
Ogun- 4
Edo- 9
Kaduna- 4
Bauchi- 6
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2020″