Nigerian authorities have released new figures of the country’s coronavirus cases, which have risen to 174 after the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday  confirmed twenty three (23) new cases of COVID-19 in the country.

The NCDC in a tweet monitored by The Street Reporters Newspaper disclosed that there were 9 confirmed cases in Lagos, 7 in the FCT, 5 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kaduna and 1 in Bauchi State.

NCDC Coronavirus Cases Twitter update

“As at 08:00 pm 1st April there are 174 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Nine have been discharged with two deaths.

“As at 08:00 pm 1st April, there are

174 confirmed cases, 9 discharged, 2 deaths,” the tweet said.

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