NEWSBREAKING: COVID-19: NCDC confirms 14 new cases in Nigeria, toll rises to 288

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Thursday confirmed 14 new cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria.

NCDC, in a tweet on its official Twitter page, disclosed that the confirmed cases were in Lagos and Delta States.

This now brings the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria to 288.

NCDC wrote: “Fourteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 13 in Lagos and 1 in Delta State.

“As at 09:30 pm 9th April, there are 288 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fifty-one have been discharged with seven deaths.”