At a time many Nigerians are celebrating the healing of the Italian index, the Federal Government has announced 10 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria.
For the first time, three cases have been confirmed in Abuja, while Lagos has another seven infected persons to grapple with.
Nine of the new cases have travel history outside Nigeria in the last one week. The tenth case is a close contact of of one of the confirmed cases.
Here is the statement from the Ministry of Health:
