Nigeria has recorded fresh eight cases of the Coronavirus infection, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has disclosed.

The agency made the disclosure in its daily situation report of COVID-19 on its official twitter page on Sunday.

According to the agency, five of the cases are confirmed in Lagos, two in Abuja and one in Kaduna, Bringing the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 232

Of the 232 cases, 33 patients have been discharged while three deaths have been recorded.

Eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 5 in Lagos, 2 in the FCT and 1 in Kaduna State

As at 09:30 pm 5th April there are 232 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Thirty-three have been discharged with five deaths pic.twitter.com/jnWgSFGTUh

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2020

As at 09:30 pm 5th April, there are

232 confirmed cases
33 discharged
5 deaths

For a breakdown of cases by state- https://t.co/zQrpNf5Q61

Lagos- 120
FCT- 47
Osun- 20
Oyo- 9
Edo- 9
Bauchi- 6
Akwa Ibom- 5
Kaduna- 5
Ogun- 4
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-1
Benue- 1
Ondo- 1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 5, 2020