The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has at night on April 1st, 2020, confirmed twenty three cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the twenty three new cases, nine (9) cases were recorded in Lagos State, seven (7) in the FCT, five (5) in Akwa Ibom State, one (1) in Kaduna State and one (1) in Bauchi State.

As at 08:00 pm on April 1st, 2020, there are one hundred and seventy four (174) confirmed cases of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Nine cases have been discharged. with two deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 91
FCT – 35
Osun – 14
Oyo – 8
Ogun – 4
Edo – 4
Kaduna – 4
Bauchi – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 1
Benue – 1
Akwa Ibom – 5

The NCDC disclosed this at 8:00 pm on Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 via its official Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

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