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General News of Sunday, 22 March 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Nigeria records 30th case of coronavirus

There are now 22 cases in Lagos State There are now 22 cases in Lagos State

Nigeria has recorded its 30th confirmed case of the deadly coronavirus as of March 22, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC.

In the update posted on its website, the centre said Abuja, which had one case in the morning of Sunday, now have four cases.

It said Ekiti has one, while Lagos has recorded 22 cases.

As it stands, the remaining eight cases are from the FCT(4), Ogun(2), Ekiti(1), and Oyo States (1).

One case was also confirmed in Oyo State on Sunday morning of a United Kingdom returnee who had been in self-isolation in Bodija area of Ibadan.

NCDC said, “Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria. Two cases are returning travellers and one is a contact of a confirmed case.

“As of 05:28 pm on the 22nd of March, there are 30 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Two have been discharged with no deaths.”