Nigeria has confirmed 23 new cases of coronavirus, raising the total number to 174.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, made the announcement on Wednesday via its Twitter handle, @NCDCgov.
Of the 23 new cases, Lagos has nine; Abuja has seven, Akwa Ibom records one; Kaduna State has one and Bauchi State has one.
The tweets read: “Twenty-three new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 9 in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State.
“As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.”
The breakdown of the confirmed cases and the states affected are as shown below:
Lagos- 91
FCT- 35
Osun- 14
Oyo- 8
Ogun- 4
Edo- 4
Kaduna- 4
Bauchi- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Akwa Ibom- 5
