The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced four new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
The health agency on Tuesday, 31st March, said the new cases were reported in two states, Ogun and Osun.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 135.
NCDC in a tweet said three of the cases were reported in Osun and one in Ogun.
“As at 11:15 am 31st March there are 135 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported in Nigeria with two deaths,” said the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.
NCDC said all the new cases have mild to moderate symptoms and are currently receiving care.
However, Prof. Abayomi on Tuesday said eight patients have so far recovered from the diseases in the State.
The pandemic has been recorded in 11 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Till date, 135 cases have been confirmed, eight cases have been discharged and two deaths from COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria.
As of Tuesday morning, Lagos has 81 cases,
FCT – 25, Oyo – 8, Osun – 5, Ogun – 4, Kaduna – 3, Enugu – 2, Edo – 2, Bauchi – 2, while Ekiti, Rivers and Benue have one case each.
Meanwhile, the number of infections is expected to keep increasing as the government intensifies contact tracing and monitoring.
The government has ordered a lockdown of three states – Lagos, Ogun and Abuja, to assist with contact tracing of people who might have been in contact with those who have tested positive.