The total number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has hit 318. This is according to The Nigeria Centre of Disease Control (NCDC).
According to NCDC, the number hit 318 after 13 new cases were confirmed in Nigeria on Saturday, April 11.
The NCDC stated that 11 of the cases are in Lagos State, while Kano and Delta states have one each.
According to the center, three new deaths were also recorded as the total cases rise to 318, including 70 recoveries.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to Nigerians to endure the harsh conditions imposed on them in a bid to fight the coronavirus pandemic in the country.
In a statement made available on his personal official Twiter page on Saturday, April 11, he noted that virtually all countries of the world are currently fighting for their own survival, reminding Nigerians that help will not come from any other country of the world, but from Nigerians themselves.
The president also expressed appreciation to Nigerians for the level of understanding so far shown in the face of the hardship coming along with strict regulations. He charged all to continue to obey the stay at home order in all the places where they had been imposed, as well as the instructions to keep up personal hygiene and observe social distancing, adding that all over the world, these were the only answers to containing the spread of COVID-19 for now.
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