The Federal Capital Territory Administration has confirmed sixteen new cases of coronavirus.
The confirmation was made by FCTA in a tweet via its Twitter account on Thursday.
The tweet read “Sixteen (16) New Cases in the FCT.
”Summary of COVID-19 at FCT as at 11:55pm, 29th April, 2020.
”Total number of confirmed cases: 174.
”Total number of active cases: 135.
”36 patients have been discharged with 3 deaths recorded.
”Residents are urged to continue to stay home and stay safe.”
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, on Wednesday confirmed 196 new cases of coronavirus disease in the country.
Nigeria now has 1,728 confirmed cases of COVID19, 307 patients out of these have been discharged while 51 deaths have been recorded.