The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed seven new cases of the Coronavirus (Covid-19) on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.
Five of these cases were announced by 11:25 pm while two were announced about 7:00 am in the morning.
Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers
3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case
As at 11:25 pm 25th March, there are
51 confirmed cases
2 discharged
1 death pic.twitter.com/DmJ47wntZ6— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 25, 2020
Of the seven cases, 3 are in Lagos State, 2 in FCT, 1 in Rivers State and 1 in Osun State. 5 are returning travellers into Nigeria while 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case.
Two new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in Lagos and 1 in Osun
Both cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last 7 days
As at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death pic.twitter.com/1NLKTFG7LF
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 25, 2020
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As at midnight on Wednesday, Nigeria had 51 confirmed cases, with 2 discharged and 1 dead.
Lagos now has 32 cases; the FCT has 10; Ogun State has 3 Covid-19 cases; Ekiti, Oyo, Edo, Bauchi, Osun and Rivers States each have one confirmed case.
According to the NCDC, “All new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are currently receiving care.”
Rivers State Government had earlier in the day banned all movements in and out of the state, in a bid to check the spread of the novel virus.
Both Osun and Rivers States recorded their first case of the coronavirus on Wednesday.