The number of coronavirus cases in Nigeria has increased to 97 cases as at Saturday evening, after Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed eight fresh cases.
The centre in a tweet announced that;
Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 28, 2020
As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death. pic.twitter.com/V6ygZVswko
As at 10:40 pm 28th March, there are
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 28, 2020
97 confirmed cases
1 death
For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
Currently;
Lagos- 59
FCT- 16
Ogun- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 7
Edo- 2
Bauchi- 2
Osun-2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Kaduna- 1
In an earlier report by MDB, the Kaduna case is that of the state Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai who has now tested positive to the virus.
The Governor is Kaduna’s first confirmed case, and the second in Nigeria to test positive for the virus.
Bauchi state Governor, Bala Mohammed was the first state Governor in Nigeria to be confirmed positive for the deadly disease, after having coming in contact with an infected person.
