Headlines

Coronavirus hits Edo; 5 new cases confirmed

Published By Michael Adesina

Date 23rd March, 2020

Location of Edo in Nigeria. By Derivative work: User:Profoss – Original work:Uwe Dedering – This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape.This file was uploaded with Commonist.This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Nigeria location map.svg (by Uwe Dedering)., CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria.

By Michael Adeshina

Five new cases of Coronavirus (COVID19) have been confirmed in Nigeria.

This was confirmed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control around 9:40 am on Monday.

NCDC stated that the new cases include two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two in Lagos state and one in Edo state.

Two of the cases were also confirmed to be returning travellers from the United Kingdom.

However, this brings the cases of coronavirus in Nigeria to 35 and two have been discharged.

The latest development also means Lagos now has 24, FCT – 6, Ogun- 2, Ekiti- 1, Oyo- 1, Edo- 1.