The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced eight new cases of COVID-19 bringing the total number of cases in the country to 232.
Of the eight cases, five are in Lagos, two in the FCT and one in Kaduna State.
NCDC took to its official Twitter handle to make the announcement.
NCDC said: “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 health agency went on to give a breakdown of the number of cases in the affected states across the federation.
