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.