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Coronavirus Spreads To 18 States, As Confirmed Cases Crosses 300

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The dreaded Coronavirus has spread to at least eighteen states in Nigeria following the latest update from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Friday.

This is coming after NCDC on its official Twitter account revealed that 17 new cases were confirmed on Friday.

The breakdown by NCDC shows that eight cases were confirmed in Lagos, three in Katsina, two in FCT and one each in Niger, Kaduna, Anambra and Ondo.

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This will be the first case confirmed in Niger and Anambra and in total, there are 305 confirmed cases. 58 patients have been discharged, while seven are dead.

Lagos still has the highest number of cases with 163, FCT is next with 56; Osun, 20; Edo, 12 and Oyo, 11.

Bauchi has six cases, Akwa Ibom, five, Katsina, four, Ogun, seven, Kaduna, six, while Enugu, Ekiti, Rivers, Kwara and Delta have two cases each.

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Benue, Niger and Anambra have one case each.