JUST IN: NCDC confirms 23 new coronavirus cases, rises to 174

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control - NCDC has announced that the country has confirmed 23 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday night.

This takes the tally to a total of 174 COVID-19 cases and two deaths as of 8:00 pm, April 1st.

The announcement was made by the NDCD on its official Twitter handle.

The statement reads:

"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."

The breakdown of all confirmed cases per state are as follow:

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