Breaking: Nigeria’s coronavirus cases near 100

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported eight new cases of coronavirus diagnoses in the country, taking the tally to 97, three shy of 100.

According to NCDC on Saturday night, two of the cases are in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, four in Oyo, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Osun State.

“As at 10:40 pm 28th March there are 97 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria with 1 death”, it said.

Below is the breakdown of cases by states in real time:
Lagos- 59,
FCT- 16,
Ogun- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 1
Oyo- 7
Edo- 2
Bauchi- 2
Osun-2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Kaduna- 1