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Four new cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria, figure rises to 40 

Four new cases of the Coronavirus disease have been confirmed in Nigeria.  

Ruth Okwumbu-Imafidon

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Four new cases of the Coronavirus disease(COVID-19) have been confirmed in Nigeria.

Three of the cases are in Lagos state, while 1 is in the FCT Abuja.

The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Monday night on its official twitter handle @NCDCgov, at about 11:00pm.

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According to the tweet, two of these cases are returning travellers.

This latest confirmation brings the total number of confirmed cases to 40 in Nigeria, with 1 dead and 2 discharged.

Details later…

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