Nigeria confirms Four new cases of Coronavirus, total now 26

Four new cases of Coronavirus has been confirmed in Nigeria, the federal government on Sunday announced three new cases of COVID-19, while the Oyo state government announced an additional one.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria to 26.

The new cases were confirmed early Sunday morning by the centre for disease control (NCDC).

The agency on its Twitter handle said of the 26 confirmed cases, two have fully recovered and have been discharged.

No death has been recorded in Nigeria from the disease which has killed over 11,000 people globally.

“All three cases were reported in Lagos State, and have travel history to high-risk countries in the last seven days”

“We’re working closely with Lagos State Ministry Of Health to identify and follow up with contacts,” the NCDC said of the new cases.

However, the Oyo state governor, Seyi Makinde confirmed the first case the state through a statement on Sunday.

The statement read, “The COVID-19 confirmation test for the suspected case at Bodija has come back positive. The result was released at 17:35pm of March 21, 2020.

“A follow-up on the Ekiti COVID-19 case revealed that the deceased was picked up directly from Lagos Airport to a private apartment in Ona Ara Local Government Area.

“The health authorities have contacted the family concerned and the community has been alerted for intensified contact tracing and self-isolation of identified close contacts. The information given that he stayed in some hotels in Ibadan has been found to be false.

“Another returnee from Texas, USA, has also been identified at Oluyole Local Government Area. She has been kept in self-isolation with close monitoring by the State Epidemiological Team. All recent returnees are again urged to identify themselves to Ministry Officials and self-isolate for 14 days.”