Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed five new cases of the COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 214.

Of the five cases, three are in Bauchi while the other two are in the FCT.

Earlier, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says it committed an error in announcing confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.

It says the total number of cases in Nigeria is two hundred and nine and not two hundred and ten that was earlier reported.

There are twenty-five new cases, with the breakdown as follows: Lagos-eleven, Osun-six, FCT-three, Edo-three, Ondo-one, Oyo-one.

With the correction, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Osun is twenty and Oyo now has nine.

Lagos State retained its lead with one hundred and nine cases, followed by the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, which has forty-one cases.

The NCDC subsequently apologised for the error via its Twitter handle on Saturday.

It said, “On 3rd of April 2020, we reported 26 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. An error has been discovered in this report as follows:

“There were 25 new cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. The 26th case was a repeat result of a previously confirmed case and not a new case.

“Of the 25 new cases reported, 1 case was inadvertently reported from Osun state. This case was from Oyo State.

“The correct breakdown is as follows: Lagos- 11, Osun- six, FCT- three, Edo- three, Ondo- one, Oyo- one.

“As at 10:30 pm 3rd April, there are 209 confirmed cases, 25 discharged and four deaths.

“For a breakdown of cases by states, Lagos has 109 cases, FCT- 41, Osun- 20, Oyo- nine, Akwa Ibom- five, Ogun- four, Edo- seven, Kaduna- four, Bauchi- three, Enugu- two, Ekiti- two, Rivers-one, Benue- one, and Ondo- one.

“We regret the error in our announcement of new #COVID19 cases in Nigeria yesterday (Friday).

“The NCDC remains committed to ensuring transparency and accurate reporting of infectious disease cases in Nigeria.”