Nigeria confirms new cases of coronavirus in Lagos, Ogun
One of the new cases recently returned to Nigeria from a high-risk country.
Positive cases have been confirmed in six states (image used for illustration) [Washington Post]
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Tuesday, March 24, 2020 that the two cases were discovered in Lagos and Ogun.
"One case is a returning traveler. The second case is contact of a previously confirmed case," the agency said.
Nigeria's 42 cases have been recorded in six states - Lagos (29), FCT (7), Ogun (3), Ekiti (1), Oyo (1), and Edo (1).
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Two of the cases have recovered and been discharged, while the nation's first coronavirus death was announced on Monday, March 23.
The 67-year-old deceased, Suleiman Achimugu, a former managing director of the Pipeline and Product Marketing Company (PPMC), died on Sunday, March 22 while receiving treatment at a specialist hospital in Abuja after he tested positive.
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