BREAKING: Confirmed Coronavirus cases in Nigeria rise to 42

The number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus in Nigeria has risen by two.

The latest update by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) indicated that the figure stood at 42 as at 1pm today, Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

One of the new cases was recorded in Lagos and the other in neighbouring Ogun State, according to NCDC.

It said that one of the victims recently returned from abroad while the other one is a case of local transmission.