BREAKING: COVID-19: Five new cases in Lagos, FCT, Edo

Posted on Mar 23, 2020

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday confirmed five new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.

According to the NCDC: “The five new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos and 1 in Edo. Two of the cases are returning travellers from the UK

“As at 09:45 am on 23rd March, there are 35 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged.

For a breakdown of cases by states in real-time, currently; Lagos has 24; FCT, 6; Ogun, 2; Ekiti, 1; Oyo, 1; and Edo, 1.

Total: 35 confirmed cases.

Details shortly…