UPDATED: Nigeria’s COVID-19 cases rise from 65 to 70

Nigeria has recorded five new cases of coronavirus in the Federal Capital Territory and Oyo State.

This brings the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the country to 70 from 65.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control made this known on Friday evening via its Twitter handle.

NCDC tweeted, “Five new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: Three in FCT and two in Oyo State

“As of 08:00 pm, 27th of March, there are 70 cases of confirmed #COVID19 reported Nigeria.

“Three have been discharged with one dead.

“Currently, Lagos has 44 cases; FCT- 14; Ogun – three; Ekiti – one; Oyo- three; Edo – one; Bauchi- two; Osun – one; and Rivers – one.”

Nigerian authorities have closed airports and borders and shut schools across the nation as part of a series of measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus.