The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Wednesday night, confirmed, via tweet, that cases of coronavirus in the country has jumped to 51.
“Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers, 3 are returning travellers and 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case,” the the NCDC said, adding that: “As at 11:25 pm, 25th of March, there are 51 confirmed cases, 2 discharged and 1 death.”
This brings to a total of 32 cases in Lagos, 10 in the FCT, 3 in Ogun State, 1 in Oyo State, 1 in Edo State, 1 in Bauchi State, 1 case in Osun State, and 1 in Rivers State.