UPDATE - 346 new cases of Coronavirus recorded in Nigeria

 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced that

346 new cases of Coronavirus were recorded in the country on Tuesday March 9. 

 

The health agency gave a breakdown of the new cases as follows; Lagos-86, Bauchi-64, Kaduna-26, Kwara-26, FCT-24, Rivers-23, Plateau-22, Ogun-16, Ebonyi-14, Bayelsa-12, Cross River-10, Edo-8, Akwa Ibom-5, Ekiti-3, Gombe-2, Kano-2, Osun-2, Delta-1. 

 

There are now 159,252 confirmed cases of Coronavirus in the country and 1,988 deaths have been recorded. 139,056 patients who recovered from the disease have also been discharged.