The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed that nine Coronavirus patients have so far been discharged after successful treatment.
Eight of the discharged patients are in Lagos State and one in Ekiti State.
Health Minister, Osagie Ehanire, at a briefing by the Presidential Taskforce on Tuesday, however, said only five Coronavirus patients have been discharged in Nigeria.
Four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 3 in the FCT and 1 in Lagos
As at 08:00 pm 31st March there are 139 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/d8EyMmyGIZ
— NCDC (@NCDCgov) March 31, 2020