Nineteen new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed disclosed.

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

According to NCDC, Of the nineteen new cases, fourteen are confirmed in Lagos, two in Abuja, one in Kano, one in Akwa Ibom and one in Edo.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 362.

By the same token, the agency announced the nineteen people have recovered from the virulent infection and  discharged with deaths recorded.

Nineteen new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows:

14 in Lagos
2 in FCT
1 in Kano
1 in Akwa Ibom
1 in Edo

As at 09:20 pm 14th April there are 362 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 99 have been discharged with 11 deaths#TakeResponsibility pic.twitter.com/ySAhNzWnnU

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020