The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has on Saturday, March 28th, 2020, said that eight new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nigeria.

Two of the new cases were recorded in FCT, four in Oyo State, one in Kaduna State and one in Osun State.

As at 10:40 pm on March 28th, 2020, there are ninety seven (97) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19, in Nigeria, with one death.

For a current breakdown of confirmed coronavirus cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 59
FCT – 16
Ogun – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 1
Oyo – 7
Edo – 2
Bauchi – 2
Osun – 2
Rivers – 1
Benue – 1
Kaduna – 1

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. pic.twitter.com/V6ygZVswko

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 28, 2020

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