The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Friday night confirmed 20 new cases of coronavirus.
“Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 11 in Lagos, 3 in the FCT, 3 in Edo, 2 in Osun & 1 in Ondo,” NCDC tweeted.
“Two new deaths have been recorded in Lagos and Edo State
“As at 10:30 pm 3rd April there are 210 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.”
Currently, Lagos has the highest number with 109 cases, while Federal capital city Abuja has 41 cases. Osun State has 22 cases.
Oyo State currently has eight cases while Edo State has seven case and Akwa Ibom has five cases confirmed.
Ogun, and Kaduna State has four cases each. Bauchi has three cases. Enugu and Ekiti State both have two cases each while Rivers, Ondo and Benue State have one case each.
23 of the discharged patients were treated at the Infectious Centre, Yaba, Lagos State while the remaining one was treated in Ekiti State.
Lagos State, Ogun State and Abuja are currently lockdown after Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari ordered restriction of movements to and from these areas.