BREAKING: NCDC Confirms 22 Fresh Cases of COVID-19 In Nigeria

The Nigeria Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed twenty-two new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

The NCDC made this known on Wednesday night on its Twitter handle.

It tweeted: Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.

Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo

As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths pic.twitter.com/Z7W9nJNowS

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 8, 2020

Meanwhile, in another related report,a team of medical personnel from China has arrived Nigeria touching down at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday.

Here is the list states from NCDC’tweets below

As at 09:00 pm 8th April, there are

276 confirmed cases
44 discharged
6 deaths

For more info-https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet

Lagos- 145
FCT- 54
Osun- 20
Oyo- 11
Edo- 12
Bauchi- 8
Akwa Ibom- 5
Kaduna- 5
Ogun- 4
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1
Kwara- 2
Delta- 1
Katsina-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 8, 2020

The 15- member team was received by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Dr Zhou Pingjian; Executive Director, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, Mr Jacques Liao as well as senior officials of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Health. The doctors and nurses numbering about 15 arrived with some medical supplies.