Nigeria Confirms Four New Cases Of COVID-19, Toll Rises To 26
Lagos state has on Sunday morning confirmed three news cases of Coronavirus.
While announcing the three cases confirmed in Lagos, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said:
“On the 22nd of March 2020, three new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Nigeria. Till date, twenty-five (25) cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and there has been no death from COVID-19 in Nigeria
“All three new cases are in Lagos State.
They are being treated at the Infectious Disease Hospital, Yaba,” the NCDC said on its website.
This comes after the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde confirmed in a statement on Sunday morning that the state now has its first case of the dreaded virus.
The statement read, “The COVID-19 confirmation test for the suspected case at Bodija has come back positive. The result was released at 17:35pm of March 21, 2020.
“A follow-up on the Ekiti COVID-19 case revealed that the deceased was picked up directly from Lagos Airport to a private apartment in Ona Ara Local Government Area.
“The health authorities have contacted the family concerned and the community has been alerted for intensified contact tracing and self-isolation of identified close contacts. The information given that he stayed in some hotels in Ibadan has been found to be false.
“Another returnee from Texas, USA, has also been identified at Oluyole Local Government Area. She has been kept in self-isolation with close monitoring by the State Epidemiological Team. All recent returnees are again urged to identify themselves to Ministry Officials and self-isolate for 14 days.”
Meanwhile, 2 confirmed cases have recovered and have been discharged after they tested negative. The two are the Italian man who was the first case in Nigeria and the second man who came in contact with him.
