Coronavirus spreads to Osun; confirmed cases mount across Nigeria

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Nigeria has risen to 46.

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control  announced two new cases on Wednesday.

One of the two new cases was confirmed in Lagos State with the other case in Osun State – its first case.

The centre said both cases were returning travellers to Nigeria in the last seven days

“As of 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of COVID19 in Nigeria.

“Two have been discharged with one death,” it stated.

See tweet;Two new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in Lagos and 1 in Osun

Both cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last 7 days

As at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death pic.twitter.com/1NLKTFG7LF

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 25, 2020.