The National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says Nigeria has confirmed five new cases of the novel virulent infection called coronavirus.
The agency disclosed this on Friday evening via its official twitter handle.
It said three of the new cases are in Abuja while two are in Oyo State bringing total number of confirmed cases to 70.
However, three patients have been discharged after they are certified free from the infection while one death has been recorded leaving 66 cases active.
As at 8:00 pm 27th March, there are
70 confirmed cases
3 discharged
1 death
For a breakdown of cases by states in real time, please see https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet
Currently;
Lagos- 44
FCT- 14
Ogun- 3
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 3
Edo- 1
Bauchi- 2
Osun-1
Rivers-1