Few hours after the Nigerian government confirmed five new COVID-19 cases in the country, the number of confirmed Coronavirus disease cases in Nigeria has risen to 81.

As at 8pm on Friday, the figure was 70 but the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control announced at 11:56pm on Friday that more cases have been confirmed.

Enugu State recorded two of the fresh cases, Edo State one and Lagos State eight.

The NCDC said on its Twitter handle: “11 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 8 in Lagos, 2 in Enugu & 1 in Edo State.

“As at 11:55pm 27th March, there are 81 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. 3 have been discharged with 1 death.”