COVID-19: NCDC confirms 14 new cases, as toll climbs 288

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has recorded 14 new coronavirus cases, bringing the number of infections in the country to 288.

This was confirmed on the Twitter handle of NCDC where it tweeted:

“14 new cases of #COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria: 13 in Lagos State and 1 in Delta State.

“As of 09:30 pm on the 9th of April, there are 288 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 51 have been discharged with seven deaths.”