UPDATE: Nigeria confirms Eight new cases of Coronavirus, Total now 97

The Nigeria center for disease control (NCDC) has announced the confirmation of eight additional cases of COVID-19.

NCDC made the announcement on its Twitter handle few minutes ago.

“Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State”

“As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.”

Below is a breakdown of cases by states:

Currently;
Lagos- 59
FCT- 16
Ogun- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 7
Edo- 2
Bauchi- 2
Osun-2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Kaduna- 1