BREAKING: Nigeria’s Coronavirus Case Jumps To 65

Nigeria’s Coronavirus Case has hit 65 on Thursday.

14 new cases of the pandemic was recorded on Thursday night with 12 from Lagos State ad and 2 from the Federal Capital Territory.

This was announced in a tweet by the National Centre for Disease Control. (NCDC)

14 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 12 in Lagos

Of the 14, 6 were detected on a vessel, 3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 1 is close contact of a confirmed case

As at 7:35 pm 26th March, there are

65 confirmed cases
3 discharged
1 death pic.twitter.com/123vN6oNEB

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 26, 2020

With the new cases, the total number of Coronavirus cases recorded in Lagos now stands at 44.

In a breakdown of the cases recoded, the NCDC stated that six persons were detected on a vessel, three are returning travellers into Nigeria, one is a close contact of a confirmed case while the detail of the four others were no stated.