The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has confirmed 22 fresh cases of the deadly coronavirus in Nigeria, as of 9;00 pm on April 8th.

15 cases are in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi and 1 in Edo state to bring the total number of cases to 276.

A breakdown of the cases in each of the states shows that Lagos now has 145 cases, the FCT Abuja 54, Osun 20, Edo 12, Oyo 11, Bauchi 8, Akwa-Ibom and Kaduna 5 each, 4 in Ogun, 2 each in Enugu, Ekiti, Kwara and Rivers states; while Ondo, Benue, Katsina and Delta states have 1 case each.