The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), at 8:00 pm on Tuesday, March 31st, 2020, confirmed four new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

The NCDC made this disclosure via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos

As at 08:00 pm 31st March there are 139 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/d8EyMmyGIZ

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 31, 2020

As at 08:00 pm on March 31st, 2020, there are one hundred and thirty nine (139) confirmed cases of coronavirus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19 in Nigeria. Nine patients have been discharged from isolation centres, with two deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 82
FCT – 28
Oyo – 8
Osun – 5
Ogun – 4
Kaduna – 3
Enugu – 2
Edo – 2
Bauchi – 2
Ekoti – 1
Rivers – 1
Benue – 1

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