COVID-19: Nigeria confirms 10 more as virus afflicts over 1 million people

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) has confirmed 10 new cases of the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 184.

Out of the 10 new cases of COVID-19, 7 were found in Lagos, and 3 in Abuja, the NCDC said adding that 20 people have been discharged from isolation across the federation.

“Ten new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 7 in Lagos and 3 in the FCT. As at 08:00 pm 2nd April there are 184 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged with two deaths”, the NCDC said.

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The NCDC made the revelation just as the daughter of President Mohammadu Buhari who has been in isolation has returned home to her lovely mother.

“It is a thing of joy & gratitude to Almighty God to reunite with my daughter after she had been in isolation for 14 days immediately she landed in Nigeria. While I’m wishing all those infected for a speedy recovery, I pray for the end of this pandemic. . #AbujaScaleUp”, Aisha Buhari said on tweeter.

Meanwhile, there are 1,011, 490 confirmed cases worldwide with 52, 863 deaths worldwide. Meanwhile 210, 186 people have recovered worldwide.