The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday confirmed another case of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Abuja.
This is coming after it earlier confirmed four cases in Lagos and Oyo State on Sunday.
NCDC made the confirmation on Sunday via its Twitter account.
A tweet on its official page reads, “One new case of #COVID19 has been confirmed in FCT, Nigeria
“As at 11:00 am on the 22nd of March, there are 27 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria.
“Of the 27 confirmed cases, 2 have been discharged with no death.”
