By our reporter| For the second time on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported eight new cases of coronavirus in the country, taking the total toll for the country to 97.
In a Tweet via its official twitter handle, the NCDC said, two of the cases were in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, four in Oyo State, one in Kaduna State and one in Osun State.
According to the data released by the health agency, 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, Bauch 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 by the agency on Saturday.
One of the cases is Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai who disclosed earlier on Saturday that he tested positive for the virus.
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