The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Monday, March 30th, 2020, confirmed twenty (20) new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the twenty (20) new cases, thirteen (13) cases were recorded in Lagos State, four (4) in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), two (2) in Kaduna State and one (1) in Oyo State.

As at 09:00 pm on Monday, March 30th, 2020, there are one hundred and thirty one (131) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria with two (2) deaths.

The NCDC disclosed this on Monday via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Twenty new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 13 in Lagos, 4 in FCT, 2 in Kaduna and 1 in Oyo State

As at 09:00 pm 30th March there are 131 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 2 deaths pic.twitter.com/qXWEsSWG4y

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 30, 2020

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 81
FCT – 25
Ogun – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 1
Oyo – 8
Edo – 2
Bauchi – 2
Osun – 2
Rivers – 1
Benue – 1
Kaduna – 3

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.