COVID-19: Figure hits 190 as Nigeria records 6 new cases

Six new cases of the coronavirus infection have been confirmed in Nigeria by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). 

This NCDC announced this on its official Twitter handle @NCDCgov by 11:00 am on Friday. The six cases were reportedly confirmed in Osun state.   

This brings the total confirmed cases in Nigeria to 190, even as a total of 20 persons have been discharged after recovering from the disease, with 2 deaths recorded. 

Six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Osun State, Nigeria.

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As at 11:00 am 3rd April there are 190 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/47NVeHMEux

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 3, 2020

Breakdown: The current breakdown of the cases shows that Lagos has 98, FCT 38, Osun 20, Oyo- 8, Akwa Ibom- 5, Ogun- 4, Edo- 4, Kaduna- 4, Enugu- 2, Bauchi- 3, Ekiti- 2, Rivers-1, and Benue- 1. 

Details later …