CORONAVIRUS: NCDC confirms 23 new cases in 5 states, Akwa-Ibom with 5

Nigeria has now recorded 174 cases of the virus in 13 states.. (BBC)

The Covid-19 pandemic has spread to Akwa-Ibom as five cases has been reported and confirmed in the state.

According to an announcement on Wednesday, April 1, 2020, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed that coronavirus cases in Nigeria has risen to 174 after 23 new cases were recorded in five states.

The NCDC said that, out of the 23 cases, 7 in Abuja, 9 were confirmed in Lagos, 5 in Akwa-Ibom, 1 each in Kaduna and Bauchi state.

Read the tweet from the body below:

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

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

From the NCDC data, Nigeria now has 174 cases of the virus in 13 states.

With this new data, Lagos has the highest with 91 cases, while Abuja trails behind with 35 cases.