The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed four new cases of #COVID19, bringing the current total number of cases in Nigeria to 139
The four new cases are; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos.
NCDC tweeted saying, “As at 08:00 pm 31st March there are 139 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths
“For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, Currently; Lagos- 82, FCT- 28, Oyo- 8, Osun- 5, Ogun- 4, Kaduna- 3, Enugu- 2, Edo- 2, Bauchi- 2, Ekoti- 1, Rivers-1 and Benue- 1.
It said that contact tracing is ongoing to identify those who came in contact with confirmed cases of #COVID19Nigeria.
“While in self-isolation, the contacts are monitored daily for 14 days. Today our Rapid Response Team made a home visit to a contact in Lagos to assess his health & well-being”, NCDC stated.
It would be recalled that NCDC said it is on the trail of about 6,000 COVID-19 contacts.