Nigeria recorded another rise in the number of coronavirus infections on Thursday night after the NCDC announced 108 new cases.

This brings the total recorded cases in the West-African country to a total of 981, nine short of 1000.

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control announced tonight on its official Twitter account, @NCDCgov.

The statement revealed that "108 new cases of #COVID19 have been reported" in the country.

The breakdown of the new cases revealed: "78 in Lagos, 14 in FCT, 5 in Ogun, 4 in Gombe, 3 Borno, 2 in Akwa Ibom, 1 in Kwara and 1 in Plateau."

"As at 11:30 pm 23rd April, there are 981 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria."

There are now 31 deaths and 197 discharges, according to the NCDC.

"As at 11:30 pm 23rd April, cases by state: Lagos-582, FCT-133, Kano-73, Ogun-29, Katsina-21, Osun-20, Oyo-17, Edo-17, Borno-12, Kwara-11, Akwa Ibom-11, Kaduna-9, Gombe-9, Bauchi-8, Delta-6, Ekiti-4, Ondo-3, Rivers-3, Jigawa-2, Enugu-2, Niger-2, Abia-2, Benue-1, Anambra-1, Sokoto-1, Adamawa-1 and Plateau-1."