COVID-19: Updated List Of States In Nigeria With Confirmed Coronavirus Cases

The index case of the coronavirus (COVID-19) infection in Nigeria was confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Health on Friday, February 28, 2020.

Naija News recalls the case was recorded in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city.

The case involved an Italian citizen who works in Nigeria and just returned from Milan, Italy on the 25th of February 2020. He has since been treated and discharged after testing negative to the virus.

However since the first case was recorded, the coronavirus infection has now spread to nineteen states in the country including Abuja, the FCT.

This is based on data obtained by this online news medium from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). As at 10:20 pm 16th April, 442 cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria. Of this figure, 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths recorded.

Below is the breakdown and figure recorded in each state:

Lagos- 251
FCT- 67
Kano- 21
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 13
Ogun- 9
Katsina- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Kwara- 4
Delta- 4
Ondo- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Niger- 2
Benue- 1
Anambra- 1

Meanwhile, as the entire world continues the race against time to discover a cure and vaccine for the virus, health experts have warned people to maintain social distancing, wash their hands constantly with soap and water and make use of alcohol-based hand sanitizers.