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4 New Coronavirus Cases in Lagos, Abuja

Malik Yahya/

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria has risen from 36 to 40.

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this in a tweet today.

Three of the cases were recorded in Lagos while one was recorded in the federal capital territory (FCT) Abuja.

“Four new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. 3 are in Lagos State and 1 in FCT. Two of these cases are returning travellers. As at 11:00pm on the 23rd of March, there are 40 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death recorded,” the tweet read.

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