Nigeria’s tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 407 on Wednesday evening as 34 new cases were announced by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control.

The health agency in a tweet said the new cases were reported in five states: Lagos, Kano, Katsina, Delta and Niger.

The breakdown of the new cases showed that Lagos has 18 cases, followed closely by Kano with 12, Katsina 2, while Niger and Delta have one apiece.

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Lagos remains the epicentre for the outbreak in Nigeria, while confirmed cases in Kano have been on the rise since the first confirmed case was announced on Sunday.

The figures released Wednesday evening is the highest daily figure reported by the health agency since the beginning of the outbreak in Nigeria in February.

The NCDC also said deaths from coronavirus-related cases have increased to 12.

It tweeted, “Thirty-four new cases of #COVID19 have been reported as follows: 18 in Lagos, 12 in Kano, two in Katsina, one in Delta, one in Niger.

“As of 11:20 pm on the 15th of April, there are 407 confirmed cases of #COVID-19 reported in Nigeria. 128 have been discharged with 12 deaths.”

For a breakdown of cases by states -

Lagos State - 232 cases

FCT – 58

Osun – 20 

Kano – 16

Edo – 15

Oyo – 11

Ogun – 9

Katsina – 7

Bauchi -- 6

Kaduna -- 6

Akwa Ibom – 6

Kwara -- 4

Delta – 4

Ondo -- 3

Enugu -- 2

Niger -- 2

Ekiti -- 2

Rivers -- 2 

Benue -- 1

Anambra -- 1