The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed twenty-two new cases of the COVID-19 virus in Nigeria as toll rises to 276.

The NCDC via their twitter handle made this known on yesterday at 9:00pm Wednesday evening.

The twenty-two cases were confirmed in four State: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the Federal Capital Territory, 2 in Bauchi and 1 in Edo State.

“Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo”.

“As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths”.

Below are breakdown of all confirmed cases in the Country.

As at 09:00 pm 8th April, there are

276 confirmed cases

44 discharged

6 deaths

Lagos- 145

FCT- 54

Osun- 20

Oyo- 11

Edo- 12

Bauchi- 8

Akwa Ibom- 5

Kaduna- 5

Ogun- 4

Enugu- 2

Ekiti- 2

Rivers-2

Benue- 1

Ondo- 1

Kwara- 2

Delta- 1

Katsina-1

See tweet:

Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo As at 09:00pm 8th April there are 276 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Fourty-four have been discharged with six deaths pic.twitter.com/Z7W9nJNowS — NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 8, 2020