Breaking: Nigeria’s COVID19 cases now 46
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.
This came as the Abba Kyari, Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Bala Mohammad of Bauchi State tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus, COVID-19. the yesterday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), made this known on it Twitter handle
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Currently Lagos has 30 FCT- 8 Ogun- 3 Ekiti- 1 Oyo- 1 Edo- 1 Bauchi-1 Osun-1 Total: 46 confirmed cases
Mr Muktar Gidado, the governor’s Senior Special Assistant (SSA), Media, revealed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday.
“This is to inform the general public that the result of the six initial tests carried out by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Gov. Bala Mohammed, his family and aides that accompanied him to Lagos is out.
“Of the six initial tests carried out, one sample was confirmed positive of COVID -19.
“The positive result happened to be that of Gov. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State.
“At this point, it should be noted that the Governor is in self-isolation as his Doctors and officials from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have taken full charge of his quarantine,” Gidado said.
