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Coronavirus Cases Rises To 111 As NCDC Confirms 14 New Cases

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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported fourteen new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total number of infections to 111.

According to the NCDC, nine new cases were confirmed in Lagos while five new cases were confirmed in Abuja.

Of the 111 cases confirmed in the country, one death has been recorded.

NCDC said, “Fourteen new cases of #COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos and 5 in FCT

“As at 09:30 pm 29th March there are 111 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death.”

Information from the NCDC shows that as of 10:40 pm on March 28, 2020, Lagos had the highest number of cases with 59, followed by the FCT with 16 cases. The number of cases in Oyo surged to seven, Ogun had three while Enugu, Edo, Bauchi and Osun states each had two cases.

Four states – Ekiti, Rivers, Benue and Kaduna – each had one case.

The NCDC’s latest confirmation of cases brings to 16, the number of cases announced in the country on Saturday.

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One of the cases is Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai who disclosed that he was positive via Twitter. The governor is the first case to be recorded by Kaduna.

Anaedoonline reported that Former President Olusegun Obasanjo donated his former residence at the Presidential Hilltop, Abeokuta, Ogun State as an isolation centre for victims of the dreaded Coronavirus disease.

Obasanjo’s media assistant Kehinde Akinyemi who confirmed the development said the 32-room apartment located off the Presidential Boulevard in Oke Sari, Abeokuta has been handed over to the Ogun State government for immediate takeover. The apartment also has a standby generator.

Nigerians who have shown varying symptoms of the deadly coronavirus are set to be tested for free by the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, (NIMR) starting from Monday, March 30, 2020.

Director-General of the Institute, Prof Babatunde Lawal Salako made the announcement on Twitter with a photo of the testing centre as he revealed that the tests would mostly be conducted on patients who came in contact with persons who have tested positive for the COVID-19.

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