The cases of the deadly coronavirus in Nigeria has risen to a total of 665 infections after the Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed 38 new infections on Monday night.

Of the 38 new infections, Kano State accounts for a total of 23 cases, while Gombe, Kaduna and others account for the rest.

The NCDC made the announcement via their official Twitter account on Monday night.

The statement reads:

"Thirty-eight new cases of #COVID19 have been reported;

The statement added that the NCDC recorded "23 in Kano, 5 in Gombe, 3 in Kaduna, 2 in Borno, 2 in Abia, 1 in FCT, 1 in Sokoto and 1 in Ekiti.

"As at 11:10 pm 20th April, there are 665 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria.

The NCDC also announced that of the 665 cases in the country, 188 have been discharged with at least 22 deaths.

"As at 11:10pm 20th April, breakdown of cases by states are, Lagos-376, FCT-89, Kano-59, Osun-20, Oyo-16, Edo-15, Ogun-12, Kwara-9, Katsina-12, Bauchi-7, Kaduna-9, Akwa Ibom-9, Delta-4, Ekiti-4, Ondo-3, Enugu-2, Rivers-2, Niger-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Borno-3, Jigawa-2, Abia-2, Gombe-5, and Sokoto-1."