Four new cases of coronavirus in Lagos and Abuja have brought Nigeria’s new data on the pandemic to 39. Three of the cases emanated in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and one in Lagos State, report from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has shown.
It tweeted, “Four new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; three in the FCT and one in Lagos.
“As of 08:00 pm on 31st of March, there are 139 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths. For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, Lagos currently has 82 cases, FCT- 28, Oyo- eight, Osun- five, Ogun- four, Kaduna- three, Enugu- two, Edo- two, Bauchi- two, Ekiti- one, Rivers- one, and Benue – one.”
Nigeria recorded its first coronavirus case on February 27 when an Italian businessman, who was on a visit to Lafarge Africa Plc, Ewekoro, Ogun State, was diagnosed with the disease. The Italian had recently been discharged.
Following the increasing cases of the virus, Nigeria’s President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), ordered a shutdown of Lagos, Abuja and Ogun State.
The Day One of the shutdown, Lagos was calm with the usual traffic jams disappearing. Like in Lagos, markets, schools and clubs among others were also shut in Abuja, while the shutdown will start in gun State by Friday.
