COVID-19: Nigeria Confirmed Cases Rises To 30, 3 New Cases In Lagos
The official Twitter account of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed the number of COVID 19 cases in the country is now thirty.
Joy Kalu 
Nigeria’s cases of coronavirus has risen to 30 after the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed three new cases.
"Three new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Lagos, Nigeria
"2 cases are returning travellers and 1 is a contact of a confirmed case.
"As at 05:28 pm on the 22nd of March, there are 30 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. 2 have been discharged with no deaths," NCDC said.
So far, 22 of the 30 cases were confirmed in Lagos State. Four cases were confirmed in Abuja, one case in Ekiti, two in Ogun State and one in Oyo State.
Two of the cases have been declared negative and discharged in Lagos State after treatment at government facility in Yaba, Lagos.
Most of the cases were imported into the country by either returning Nigerians or foreigners. Nigeria has since placed travel restriction on 15 countries with high prevalence of the global pandemic.
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Nigeria has also suspended its visa on arrival policy and shut down all airports in the country to international flights.
The federal and state governments have closed schools and tertiary institutions in the country to prevent further spread of the virus.
The government has also banned all social and religious gatherings in the country.
