COVID-19 : NCDC records 70 cases in Nigeria

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control via its Twitter handle has confirmed five new cases of the novel COVID-19 in the country.

NCDC tweeted: “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: Three in FCT and two in Oyo State.

“As of 08:00 pm, 27th of March, there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported cases in Nigeria.

“Three have been discharged with one dead.

“Currently, Lagos has 44 cases; FCT- 14; Ogun – three; Ekiti – one; Oyo- three; Edo – one; Bauchi- two; Osun – one; and Rivers – one.”