BREAKING: 14 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Nigeria
Fourteen new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nigeria, bringing the total number of cases to 65.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this in a tweet on Thursday night.
A breakdown of the number of the additional cases showed that 12 new cases were discovered in Lagos while the remaining two were confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
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Six of the cases were detected on a vessel and three others were returning travellers into the country while the remaining case was a close contact of a confirmed case.
On the other hand, the NCDC revealed that another case had been discharged, bringing the number of persons who have recovered from the virus to three.
14 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 12 in Lagos
Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 1 is close contact of a confirmed case
As at 7:35 pm 26th March, there are
65 confirmed cases
3 discharged
1 death pic.twitter.com/123vN6oNEB
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 26, 2020
More to follow…
