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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC), on Wednesday announced two new cases of the novel coronavirus, increasing the confirmed cases in the country to 46.
One of the two new cases was confirmed in Lagos State with the other case in Osun State- its first recorded case.
NCDC said both cases were returning travellers to Nigeria in the last seven days.
“Two new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 1 in Lagos and 1 in Osun
“Both cases are returning travellers to Nigeria in the last 7 days
“As at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with 1 death,” NCDC revealed via a poat on its twitter handle, @NCDCgov.