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Cases of of coronavirus in Nigeria now 97

By : Editor

Date: 29 March 2020 7:27am WAT

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A general view of new isolation and treatment centre established by the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to treat victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the main bowl of the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. - Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people.†Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops to cotain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

A general view of new isolation and treatment centre established by the Lagos State government in collaboration with the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) to treat victims of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic at the main bowl of the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, formerly known as the Onikan Stadium in Lagos, on March 27, 2020. - Nigeria has so far confirmed just 65 cases in the country of around 200 million people.†Lagos state government had announced a seven-day partial shutdown of the city to force residents to remain indoors, close shops to cotain the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. In addition, authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)

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.

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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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