As the deadly Coronavirus continues to spread across Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed a new case of Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
This was revealed by NCDC via its Official Twitter handle on Sunday March 22nd.
One new case of #COVID19 has been confirmed in FCT, Nigeria
As at 11:00 am on the 22nd of March, there are 27 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Of the 27 confirmed cases, 2 have been discharged with no death pic.twitter.com/Taxi37NzjW
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 22, 2020
According to a statement from Ncdc, this brings to 27 the total number of confirmed cases of the infection in Nigeria — with four of them in Abuja and 19 in Lagos.
Ogun has two cases while Ekiti and Oyo has one each.
The new case in Abuja comes barely 24 hours after the city recorded its first cases of deadly Coronavirus.
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