Number Of COVID-19 Confirmed Cases In Nigeria Now 276

The current number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19 now stands at 276.

This was disclosed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) via its official twitter handle.

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

The NCDC says 44 patients have been discharged while six deaths have been officially recorded.