UPDATE! 23 New Cases Of Coronavirus Confirmed In Lagos, Bauchi, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna And Abuja

Nigeria has recently recorded twenty-three new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of infections to 174.

With the new figures released by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, a total of 174 cases has been confirmed in Nigeria. 2 deaths have been recorded so far and 9 patients have been discharged after recovering from the disease.

Here is a breakdown of Coronavirus cases in some Nigerian states as at 8pm on April 1; 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.

The NCDC made this known via its Twitter handle. It twitted;

“Twenty three new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Nigeria – Nine in Lagos, seven in the FCT, five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and one in Bauchi State.

“As of 08:00 pm on 1st of April, there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.”