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Coronavirus Lands In Akwa Ibom With 5 COVID-19 Cases

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BREAKING: Coronavirus Lands In Akwa Ibom With 5 COVID-19 Cases

Coronavirus has finally landed in Akwa Ibom, south-south Nigeria, with the state recording 5 COVID-19 cases.

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Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) confirmed 23 new COVID-19 cases in a tweet on the micro-blogging site, Twitter on Wednesday evening, April 1.

This burgeoning online news understands that of the twenty-three (23) coronavirus cases recorded by Nigeria and confirmed on Wednesday evening by the NCDC, 9 were detected in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State, northern Nigeria.

Newsone Nigeria reports that the 23 new COVID-19 cases recorded by the NCDC, means the number of cases of coronavirus in Nigeria has risen from one hundred and fifty-one (151) to one hundred and seventy-four (174).

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The NCDC tweeted: “Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.

“As at 08:00 pm 1st April, there are 174 confirmed cases 9 discharged 2 deaths For a breakdown of cases by states- covid19.ncdc.gov.ng Currently; Lagos- 91 FCT- 35 Osun- 14 Oyo- 8 Ogun- 4 Edo- 4 Kaduna- 4 Bauchi- 3 Enugu- 2 Ekiti- 2 Rivers-1 Benue- 1 Akwa Ibom- 5,” the disease control centre tweeted.


Meanwhile, Nigeria has recorded two coronavirus deaths and have discharged nine patients who recovered from the COVID-19 disease.

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