Nigeria has recorded 16 new cases of coronavirus.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Tuesday evening in a tweet on their verified Twitter page.
“Sixteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 10 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT, 2 in Oyo, 1 in Delta and 1 in Katsina.”
“As at 09:30 pm 7th April there are 254 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths.”
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 254