The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Health has announced the second death from Novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the country.
The Minister, Dr Osagie Ehanire, disclosed this at the daily Coronavirus Presidential Task Force briefing on Monday in Abuja.
Ehanire said that the victim, whom he did not disclose, had underlying medical conditions.
He said that three persons have also been discharged after successful treatment.
“We have intensified contact tracing and our strategy remains to promptly detect cases, isolate them, and follow up with their contacts and also isolate and treat, in order to reduce the spread of the infection.
“As of today, the 30th of March, 2020, we have recorded 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria of which 68 are in Lagos, 21 in the FCT, seven in Oyo, three in Ogun, two in Bauchi, two in Edo, two in Osun, two in Enugu, and one each in Benue, Ekiti, Kaduna and Rivers States,” he said.
He stressed that Nigeria has 111 confirmed cases of COVID-19, saying a majority of them were persons who came in from overseas.
Ehanire, however, disclosed that all retired but able-bodied doctors and nurses were recalled.
The minister urged Nigerians to protect the elderly among them as well as those having underlying health issues as they were the most vulnerable.
