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COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits 139 As NCDC Confirms Four New Cases

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COVID-19 Cases In Nigeria Hits 139 As NCDC Confirms Four New Cases

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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.

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