A total of eight new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) have been recorded in the country, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed.
Of the eight new cases, five are in Lagos, two in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and one in Kaduna State, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 232.
The NCDC revealed this through its platform hours after the had confirmed 10 cases – Lagos (six), Edo (two), FCT (two).
Meanwhile, the number of people who have recovered from the disease in Nigeria has increased to 33 while five deaths have been recorded.
Lagos State so far has recorded a total number of 120 cases, the FCT recorded 47, while Osun has confirmed a number of 20 cases of coronavirus.
Oyo and Edo have recorded nine cases each, Bauchi has six infections, while Akwa Ibom and Kaduna have five cases respectively.
Other states with confirmed cases are Ogun (four), Enugu (two), Ekiti (two), Rivers (one), Benue (one), and Ondo (one).