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.

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 3 in FCT & 2 in Oyo State

As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death. pic.twitter.com/ptbxknBV7b

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 27, 2020

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