Nigeria’s coronavirus cases jump to 111
Fourteen more new cases of coronavirus have emerged, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 111, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced Sunday night. Nine of the new cases are in Lagos, and five in Abuja. Only one death has been recorded in the entire outbreak so far in Nigeria, NCDC said in […]
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Fourteen more new cases of coronavirus have emerged, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 111, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced Sunday night.
Nine of the new cases are in Lagos, and five in Abuja.
Only one death has been recorded in the entire outbreak so far in Nigeria, NCDC said in a tweet at 9:30pm.
As at 09:30 pm 29th March, there are
111 confirmed cases
1 deathFor a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
Currently;
Lagos- 68
FCT- 21
Ogun- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 7
Edo- 2
Bauchi- 2
Osun-2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Kaduna- 1— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 29, 2020
With a total 68 infections confirmed in Lagos, the state remains with the highest burden so far.
Abuja is second highest, with 28 recorded cases.
The announcement by NCDC comes after President Muhammadu Buhari announced an expanded lockdown on Lagos, Abuja and Ogun in efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.