The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Sunday, April 12th, 2020, said that it has confirmed five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the five newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country, two (2) cases were recorded in Lagos Sate, two (2) in Kwara State and one (1) in Katsina State.

As at 9:10 pm on Sunday, April 12th, 2020, there are three hundred and twenty three (323) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Eighty five (85) patients have been discharged, with 10 deaths.

There are nineteen (19) states in Nigeria with confirmed coronavirus cases.

For a breakdown of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria by state:
Lagos – 176
FCT – 56
Osun – 20
Edo – 12
Oyo – 11
Ogun – 7
Bauchi – 6
Kaduna – 6
Akwa Ibom – 5
Katsina – 5
Kwara – 4
Delta – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 2
Ondo – 2
Benue – 1
Niger – 1
Anambra – 1
Kano – 1

The NCDC disclosed this on Sunday, April 12th, 2020 during a press briefing and later via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

2 in Lagos
2 in Kwara
1 in Katsina

As at 09:10 pm 12th April there are 323 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 85 have been discharged with 10 deaths

There are 19 states with confirmed cases in Nigeria pic.twitter.com/hfsRXAaiTQ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 12, 2020

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