Thirty-five new cases of coronavirus were on Thursday recorded in three states and the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja) to increase the total number in Nigeria to 442.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said the cases were reported in Lagos, Abuja, Kano and Oyo.
The centre made this known in a tweet on its verified Twitter handle, @ncdcgov, on Thursday night.
”Thirty-five new cass of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:
19 in Lagos
9 in FCT
5 in Kano
2 in Oyo
”As at 10:20 pm 16th April there are 442 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 152 have been discharged with 13 deaths,” NCDC tweeted.