COVID-19 pandemic rise to 97 in Nigeria as 591,997 is infected globally

Last updated: 2020/03/29 at 12:08 AM

starconnect Published 29 March 2020

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Admin l Saturday, March 28, 2020

LAGOS, Nigeria – Figures for the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to rise astronomically in Nigeria with currently figures now put at 97 as at 10:40 pm Saturday, 28th, March 2020.

This was because, 8 new cases were this evening confirmed by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC. A breakdown of the figure shows that 2 were confirmed in Abuja, 4 in Oyo State, One in Kaduna and one in Osun State.

“Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 2 in FCT, 4 in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death”, the NCDC said.

The NCDC said it has expanded the number of labs with the capacity to test for #COVID19 to 6 with the inclusion of the Virology Laboratory of University College Hospital, Ibadan, adding that tomorrow, the NCDC will be in Abakaliki to set up another lab as it quickly ramp up #COVID19 testing capacity in Nigeria.

Figures obtained from NCDC climbed to 97 in Nigeria even as the global figure surged to 591, 997 with 26,990 deaths. See charts for global spread of the pandemic here