Nigeria has recorded Nineteen new cases of #COVID-19.
Of the 19 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 14 were recorded in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory, one each in Kano, Akwa Ibom, and Edo states.
This brings the total number of cases in the country to 362.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed this via its Twitter handle on Tuesday evening.
Nineteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
14 in Lagos
2 in FCT
1 in Kano
1 in Akwa Ibom
1 in EdoAs at 09:20 pm 14th April there are 362 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/ySAhNzWnnU
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
The NCDC also confirmed that one new death has been recorded, making the number of fatalities from the infection rise to 11.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, said the deceased is a 56-year-old Nigerian man, who returned from the United States.
Six of the 11 fatalities were recorded in Lagos, two in Abuja, while Edo, Katsina, and Delta states recorded one each.
The newly-released statistics showed that 99 patients have been discharged from the virus that had spread to 19 states and the FCT.