A total of eight new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Lagos, Abuja and Kaduna.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Sunday.
In a tweet on its verified Twitter handle, @ncdcgov, the centre noted that the total number of infected persons in the country has risen to 232.
”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,” the tweet read.