Twice in less than two hours, on Tuesday night, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 30 new cases of coronavirus in the country.
While it first announced 19 cases at 9:20 pm, bringing the total to 362, NCDC announced another 11 at 11:00 pm, bringing the total to 373.
Details later…
Eleven new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Lagos State.
As at 11:00 pm 14th April there are 373 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/XtcbJ4qxA6
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020
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