The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Friday, March 27th, 2020, has confirmed five new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Three of the cases were recorded in the FCT, while the other two were recorded in Oyo State.

As it stands at 08:00 pm on Friday, March 27th, 2020, there are seventy (70) confirmed cases of the dreaded coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Three (3) cases have been discharged, with one (1) death.

For a breakdown of cases by states:
Lagos – 44
FCT – 14
Ogun – 3
Ekiti – 1
Oyo – 3
Edo – 1
Bauchi – 2
Osun – 1
Rivers – 1

This COVID-19 update was made available by the NCDC via a tweet on its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov, on Friday, March 27th, 2020:

Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 3 in FCT & 2 in Oyo State

As at 08:00 pm 27th March there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death. pic.twitter.com/ptbxknBV7b

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 27, 2020

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