Published April 6, 2020
A health worker at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory in Gaduwa, Abuja. Photo: NHW
Sodiq Oyeleke
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria have increased to 238 .
This was after the country recorded six new cases on Monday .
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this via its Twitter handle .
Of the six new cases , the NCDC said two were recorded in Kwara State , two in Edo , one in Rivers and one in the Federal Capital Territory , Abuja .
The PUNCH reports that Kwara has recorded its first two cases , the numbers of infections in Edo rose to ll and Rivers now has two cases .
NCDC also said that 35 patients have now been discharged in the country .
It tweeted , “ Six new cases of # COVID 19 have been reported in Nigeria: two in Kwara , two in Edo , one in Rivers and one in the FCT
“ As of 09 : 30 pm on the 6 th of April , there are 238 confirmed cases of # COVID - 19 reported in Nigeria. Thirty -five have been discharged with five deaths.
“ For a breakdown of cases by state , Lagos has 120, FCT - 48 , Osun - 20 , Oyo - nine, Edo - 11 , Bauchi - six , Akwa Ibom – five , Kaduna- five , Ogun - four , Enugu- two , Ekiti- two , Rivers – two ,
Benue- one, Ondo - one and Kwara - two .”
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