Kano state has confirmed its first case of the virulent infection called coronavirus, this is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control annonced that the country has recorded thirteen new cases.

NCDC made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page.

According to NCDC, Of the thirteen new cases, eleven are recorded in Lagos, one in Delta and one in Kano.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 318.

However, seventy patients have been discharged after they are certified free of the infection with ten deaths recorded

As at 9:30pm 11th April, there are

318 confirmed cases
70 discharged
10 deaths

Lagos- 174
FCT- 56
Osun- 20
Edo- 12
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 7
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Katsina-4
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Kwara- 2
Ondo- 2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1
Kano-1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 11, 2020