The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed two new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number to 42.
The agency which reported this latest development on its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, stated that two cases are from Lagos and Ogun state and one of them is a traveller who just returned to the country.
The tweet reads: 2 new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria. 1 is in Lagos State & 1 in Ogun. One case is a returning traveler. The second case is contact of a previously confirmed case
“As at 1pm on March 24, there are 42 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria-2 discharged and one death.”