By our reporter| The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 70, following the discovery of five new cases.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed the new figure in a tweet on Friday, in its latest update on the disease.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) recorded three new cases while two were confirmed in Oyo State.
As of 8pm on March 27, the NCDC stressed that three cases have been discharged with only one death recorded.
The tweet read, ”Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 3 in FCT & 2 in Oyo State.”
”As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death”.
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