Nigeria has recorded twenty three new cases of coronavirus bringing the total number of persons battling the virulent infection to 174.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this know in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page.

According to the agency, of the twenty three cases, nine are in Lagos, seven in Abuja, five in Akwa Ibom, one in Kaduna and one in Bauchi.

However, nine persons have been discharged while two deaths have been recorded.

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