Rivers State has recorded its first coronavirus case as the number of infected persons in Nigeria increased to 51 on Wednesday.
The new cases, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), were reported in Abuja, Lagos and Rivers.
A tweet on the centre’s official Twitter handle said: ”Five new cases of #COVID19 have been confirmed in Nigeria: 2 in FCT, 2 in Lagos & 1 in Rivers.
”3 are returning travellers into Nigeria & 2 are close contacts of a confirmed case.
“As at 11:25 pm 25th March, there are
51 confirmed cases
2 discharged
1 death.”
