Nigeria Centre for Disease Control confirmed on Thursday that there are now 65 cases in Nigeria. 12 in Lagos state, 1 in FCT and 1 in Bauchi state.
Its official account stated:
“14 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in FCT, 1 in Bauchi & 12 in Lagos
Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contact of a confirmed case
As at 7:35 pm 26th March, there are
65 confirmed cases
3 discharged
1 death”
CORRECTION:
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 26, 2020
We noticed an error in our update at 8:35pm. It should be:
14 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in FCT, 1 IN BAUCHI & 12 in Lagos
Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers & 2 are close contacts of confirmed cases pic.twitter.com/Pe6owiXBKB
