Ololade Adeyanju/
The total number of confirmed coronavirus infections in Nigeria rose to 97 today with Kaduna State recording its first case as Governor Nasir El-Rufai tested positive for the virus.
Oyo State also recorded four new cases bringing its total to seven.
The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this via its Twitter handle this evening.
Benue State also recorded its first case of the infection while Abuja added two to take its own tally to 16.
It tweeted, “Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State
“As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.”