Nigeria has recorded a leap in the number of coronavirus cases in the country as the number of infected persons has now risen to 174.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had on Wednesday afternoon announced 151 cases before Lagos, Abuja, Akwa Ibo and Bauchi added to the number in the evening.
In a tweet on its verified Twitter handle, the centre said, ”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.”
