Nigeria announced two new cases of COVD-19 on Wednesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 46, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed.
The two cases were reported in Lagos and Osun.
This is the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Osun State.
According to the NCDC, both cases were detected in travellers who returned to Nigeria in the last seven days.
The public health agency, on its Twitter handle, said that “as at 07:00 am 25th March, there are 46 confirmed cases of COVID19 in Nigeria, two have been discharged with one death”.
Based on the newly confirmed cases, Lagos State still has the highest number of confirmed cases in the country.
As at the time of reporting, Lagos has recorded 30 cases, FCT – 8, Ogun – 3, Ekiti, Oyo, Edo and Osun have one each.
So far, most of the infected people are those who have recently returned to the country from high risk countries.