JUST IN: Lagos Confirms 3 News Cases Of Covid-19……………30 Cases In Nigeria

Three new cases of the novel coronavirus have been confirmed today in Lagos.

2 out of the three cases were returning from travel and one is a contact of a confirmed case.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), confirmed this on Sunday evening, noting that two of the cases are returning travellers while the other one is a contact of a confirmed case.

The federal capital territory (FCT) recorded one new case of the coronavirus on Sunday.

The NCDC announced this via its Twitter handle.

Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria

2 cases are returning travellers and 1 is a contact of a confirmed case.

As at 05:28 pm on the 22nd of March, there are 30 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with no deaths. pic.twitter.com/UQVYdkE9Xk

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 22, 2020

Ogun has two cases while Ekiti and Oyo has one each.

There have been no record of the death from the disease in the country so far.

The World Health Organisation said there are over 1,000 cases of the virus across 42 countries in Africa currently.

Details shortly….