The Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have both confirmed three new cases of coronavirus in Abuja, the country’s capital; and seven in Lagos.

The NCDC, via its official Twitter handle, said that the patients had been quarantined.

The health ministry confirmed seven new cases were recorded in Lagos State.

@Fmohnigeria has confirmed 10 new cases of #COVID19 in #Nigeria

Of the 10 new cases, 3 are in the Federal Capital Territory and 7 are in Lagos

9 out of the 10 cases have travel history outside Nigeria in the last one week. The 10th case is a close contact of a confirmed case pic.twitter.com/Bm557clqL0

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 21, 2020

The statement read in part,

The Federal Ministry of Health has confirmed 10 new cases of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Three new cases in the Federal Capital Territory and seven new cases in Lagos State.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 22. All 10 new cases are Nigerian nationals. Nine of them have travel history to Canada, France, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom.

They returned to the country in the last one week. The 10th case is a close contact of a previously confirmed case. The three cases in the FCT are being treated at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, Gwagwalada, while the seven new cases in Lagos are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Abuja.

All 10 new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are currently receiving treatment.

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