Covid-19: Nigeria cases jump to 51 as NCDC confirms five new cases

Nigeria has witnessed new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday night, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 51.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this via its twitter handle “on the 25th March 25, 2020, five new confirmed cases of COVID-19 was recorded in Nigeria.

“Till date, 51 cases have been confirmed, two cases have been discharged and one death from COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria

“2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers… 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case”