BEVERLY HILLS, April 01, (THEWILL) – The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 139 after four new cases were discovered.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed the new figure in a tweet on Tuesday evening, in its latest update on the disease.
Of the new cases, three were confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) while one new case was discovered in Lagos.
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As of 8pm on March 31, there are 139 confirmed cases with nine discharged while two deaths have been recorded in the country.
With the increase in the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, Lagos now has 82 reported while the FCT has 28.
Other states that have recorded at least one case are Oyo – eight, Osun – five, Ogun – four, Kaduna – three, Enugu – two, Edo – two, Bauchi – two, Ekiti – one, Rivers – one, and Benue – one.
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