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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 22 new COVID-19 cases.

The agency broke the news in a tweet on Wednesday evening.

Of that figure, 15 were confirmed in Lagos, four in the federal capital territory (FCT), two in Bauchi and one in Edo.

A total of 276 cases have so far been confirmed across the country.

“Twenty-two new cases of #COVID19 have been reported in Nigeria: 15 in Lagos, 4 in the FCT, 2 in Bauchi, 1 in Edo,” NCDC tweeted.

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

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— NCDC (@NCDCgov) April 8, 2020

With 145, Lagos has the highest number of cases followed by Abuja with 54. Forty-four patients have been discharged, while six COVID-19 deaths have been recorded.

Below is a breakdown of the cases in all the states with cases of the disease:

•  Lagos- 145
• FCT- 54
• Osun- 20
• Oyo- 11
• Edo- 12
• Bauchi- 8
• Akwa Ibom- 5
• Kaduna- 5
• Ogun- 4
• Enugu- 2
• Ekiti- 2
• Rivers-2
• Benue- 1
• Ondo- 1
• Kwara- 2
• Delta- 1
• Katsina-1

Earlier on Wednesday, a medical team from China arrived the country to assist in tackling the pandemic.