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Cases of of coronavirus in Nigeria now 97

By Editor
29 March 2020   |   6:27 am
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed eight new cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. NCDC said that as at 10:40p.m. on March 28, Nigeria had additional eight cases. Four of the cases were from Oyo State, two from Abuja, one from Kaduna State and one from Osun. According to…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Saturday night confirmed eight new cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

NCDC said that as at 10:40p.m. on March 28, Nigeria had additional eight cases.

Four of the cases were from Oyo State, two from Abuja, one from Kaduna State and one from Osun.

According to the centre, this brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 97, with three discharged and one death recorded.

According to the NCDC, Lagos currently has 59 cases, Abuja, 16; Ogun, three; Ekiti, one; Oyo, seven; Edo, two; Enugu, two; Bauchi, two; Benue, one; Kaduna, one; Osun, two, and Rivers, one.

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