Nigeria COVID-19 Cases Climbs To 373, As Lagos Records 7th Death.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 11 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Lagos on Tuesday, April 14, 2020.

Lagos has recorded a total of 25 new cases on Tuesday, the highest recorded in one day. With another patient who died of coronavirus-related complications in Lagos State.

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

This was announced by the Lagos State Ministry of Health early on Wednesday, April 15, 2020. The patient is noted to have died on Tuesday, April 14, and is the seventh fatality recorded in Nigeria’s commercial capital.

#COVID19Lagos Update as at 14th April, 2020
*️⃣25 new #COVID19 cases confirmed, bringing total confirmed cases in Lagos to 217.

*️⃣8 more persons; 2 females & 6 males; including one foreign national from Croatia🇭🇷 were discharged. Total discharged now 69.@followlasg@jidesanwoolu pic.twitter.com/9gXonOaf7t

— LSMOH (@LSMOH) April 15, 2020

The deceased was a 56-year-old Nigerian who recently returned from the United States.

Other places where cases were reported on Tuesday are the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja with two new cases, and one each recorded in Kano, Edo, and Akwa-Ibom.