Niger and Anambra state have joined the list of  states battling with the coronavirus pandemic, this is as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) annonced that the country has recorded seventeen new cases.

NCDC announced this in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page.

According to NCDC, Of the seventeen fresh cases, eight are confirmed in Lagos, three in Kastina, two in Abuja, one in Kaduna and Ondo while Niger and Anambra who recorded their first cases also have one each.

The agency also disclosed that three patients who were initially counted as Lagos cases have been transferred to Ogun. The three patients, according to the agency, live in satellite town in Ogun close to Lagos.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 305.

However, there is increase in recovery toll also as  ten new patients got discharged today, bringing the total number of discharged patients to 58 with seven deaths confirmed.

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

8 in Lagos
3 in Katsina
2 in FCT
1 in Niger
1 in Kaduna
1 in Anambra
1 in Ondo

As at 09:30 pm 10th April there are 305 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 58 have been discharged with 7 deaths pic.twitter.com/0STe5QWxMd

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 10, 2020

Three cases previously included as Lagos state cases have been transferred to Ogun state. The three cases live in satellite towns in Ogun close to Lagos

Therefore, Lagos State has reported 163 confirmed cases while Ogun State has reported 7 confirmed cases

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 10, 2020