Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Monday announced that the country has confirmed sixty four fresh COVID-19 Cases.

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

According to the agency, of the 64 New cases, 34 are confirmed in Lagos, 15 are detected in Abuja, 11 in Borno while Taraba and Gombe have two cases each.

This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Nigeria to 1337, with Lagos, the epicentre of the outbreak, having more than half of the total cases — 764

However, of the 1337 confirmed cases, 255 have been discharged while 40 deaths have been recorded.

One case previously reported as a Lagos State case, is now reported as an FCT case

The total number of confirmed cases in Lagos is now at 764 and 157 in FCT pic.twitter.com/TefRI8igot

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 27, 2020