UPDATE: NCDC confirms 12 deaths as New coronavirus cases hit 5 states, toll now 407 in Nigeria

By Bright Olorungbotemi

Thirty-four new cases of coronavirus have been reported in Nigeria, bring the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 407.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced this on its Twitter handle on Wednesday.

The NCDC also said deaths from coronavirus-related cases have increased to 12.

It tweeted, “Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 18 in Lagos, 12 in Kano, two in Katsina, one in Delta, one in Niger.

“As of 11:20 pm on the 15th of April, there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths.”

Details later…