The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020, confirmed ten new cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

Of the ten new cases, seven cases were recorded in Lagos and three in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

As at 08:00 pm on Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 there are one hundred and eighty four (184) confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Nigeria. Twenty cases have been discharged, with two deaths.

For a breakdown of coronavirus cases in Nigeria by states:
Lagos – 98
FCT – 38
Osun – 14
Oyo – 8
Akwa Ibom – 5
Ogun – 4
Edo – 4
Kaduna – 4
Bauchi – 3
Enugu – 2
Ekiti – 2
Rivers – 1
Benue – 1

The NCDC disclosed this during a press briefing and posted afterwards via its verified Twitter handle, @NCDCgov:

Ten new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria; 7 in Lagos and 3 in the FCT.

As at 08:00 pm 2nd April there are 184 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Twenty have been discharged with two deaths pic.twitter.com/XWSSLVi7Zq

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 2, 2020

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