By Ifeanyi Hamilton Nwosa (Head, The New Diplomat’s Business Desk)
The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria has risen to 40.
The figure rose after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced on Monday that five new cases had been confirmed.
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According to the health agency, this is the latest update on the disease as of 9:45am on March 23, 2020.
A breakdown of the figure shows that two cases were confirmed in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and Lagos respectively, while one case was confirmed in Edo State.
| Total Confirmed cases | 40 |
| Active cases | 37 |
| Discharged | 2 |
| Death | 1 |
| States | Numbers | States | Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abuja FCT | 7 | Abia | 0 |
| Adamawa | 0 | Akwa Ibom | 0 |
| Anambra | 0 | Bauchi | 0 |
| Bayelsa | 0 | Benue | 0 |
| Borno | 0 | Cross River | 0 |
| Delta | 0 | Ebonyi | 0 |
| Enugu | 0 | Edo | 1 |
| Ekiti | 1 | Gombe | 0 |
| Imo | 0 | Jigawa | 0 |
| Kaduna | 0 | Kano | 0 |
| Katsina | 0 | Kebbi | 0 |
| Kogi | 0 | Kwara | 0 |
| Lagos | 28 | Nasarawa | 0 |
| Niger | 0 | Ogun | 2 |
| Ondo | 0 | Osun | 0 |
| Oyo | 1 | Plateau | 0 |
| Rivers | 0 | Sokoto | 0 |
| Taraba | 0 | Yobe | 0 |
| Zamfara | 0 |
More to follow…
