Malik Yahya/
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria has risen to 27.
Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that one additional case was confirmed in Abuja this morning in addition to the three new cases reported in Lagos.
One of the three new patients is a 51-year-old Briton who arrived Nigeria March 8 via BA 75 flight. The seconnd is a Nigerian on connecting flight KL0582 London Amsterdam/KL0587 Amsterdam – Lagos on March 14 while the third is a 65-year-old US citizen who arrived in Lagos about six weeks ago.
Tweeting via its handle, @NCDCgov, it said, “One new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in FCT, Nigeria.
“As at 11:00 am on the 22nd of March, there are 27 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria.
“Of the 27 confirmed cases, two have been discharged with no death.
“For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet.”
It gave a breakdown of the confirmed cases as follows: Lagos- 19, FCT- 4, Ogun- 2, Ekiti- 1 and Oyo- 1.
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