Southeast part of Nigeria, Enugu State to be precise has recorded her first two cases of Coronavirus, also known as Covid-19.
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 11 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country.
8 of those cases are in Lagos, 2 in Enugu and 1 in Edo State.
It’s the first time coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Nigeria’s landlocked southeast region.
“As at 11:55pm 27th March, there are 81 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death,” the NCDC added.
Nigeria’s confirmed Covid-19 cases have now been spread among 10 states as follows: Lagos- 52FCT- 14Ogun- 3Ekiti- 1Oyo- 3Edo- 2Bauchi- 2Osun-1Rivers-1Enugu- 2