Breaking! 23 new cases of COVID-19 pandemic discovered in Nigeria; total hits 174

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed that 23 new infections of the Coronavirus have been discovered in Nigeria with the total number of cases in the country rising to 174. 

This is the highest number reported at any one time.

Earlier Monday morning, the NCDC had reported 12 cases so a total of 35 cases were reported for 1 April 2020, the highest increase of Coronavirus in Nigeria in any given day.

“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, ” NCDC reveals on their Twitter account.

Note that this is also the first time that the viral infection has been reported for Akwa Ibom State.

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 pic.twitter.com/Wy9MzX1lsr

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

This is definitely a shocking increase from 151 just a few hours earlier.

The NCDC also published a breakdown of the confirmed cases across the states. According to the data, Coronavirus cases have been recorded in 13 of the 36 states plus the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

As at 08:00 pm 1st April, there are

174 confirmed cases
9 discharged
2 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by states- https://t.co/zQrpNeOfet

Currently;
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

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 1, 2020

Lagos state remains the state that is most hits with 91 Covid-19 cases. Abuja comes a distant second with 35 cases and Osun third with 14 cases.