he Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 30 new COVID-19 cases in five states across the country.

The agency made the announcement in a series of tweets on Tuesday.

In the first set of tweets made around 9:20 pm, NCDC announced 19 new cases.

However, barely two hours after the NCDC confirmed 19 new cases, 11 new cases were recorded.

As at 11:00 pm 14th April, number of states with confirmed cases of #COVID19: 19 + FCT

Lagos- 214
FCT- 58
Osun- 20
Edo- 15
Oyo- 11
Ogun- 9
Bauchi- 6
Kaduna- 6
Akwa Ibom- 6
Katsina-5
Kwara- 4
Kano- 4
Ondo- 3
Delta- 3
Enugu- 2
Ekiti- 2
Rivers-2
Benue- 1
Niger- 1
Anambra- 1

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 14, 2020