Five new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Nigeria, shooting the figure to 51.
The announcement of the new cases was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, @NCDCgov, Wednesday night.
The tweet by NCDC reads: “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers.
“3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case.
“As at 11:25 pm 25th March, there are:
51 confirmed cases
2 discharged
1 death.”
Below is the breakdown:
Lagos- 32
FCT- 10
Ogun- 3
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 1
Edo- 1
Bauchi-1
Osun-1
Rivers-1
Total: 51 confirmed cases
