The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday night confirmed eight new cases of COVID-19.
This brings the number of confirmed cases of the rampaging pandemic in the country to 232.
NCDC said on Sunday evening that Lagos State reported five of the new cases while the Federal Capital Territory and Kaduna recorded two and one respectively.
It would be recalled that the agency had earlier on that day announced 10 new cases of the disease.
The number of infected persons who have recovered from the virus in the country increased from 27 to 33, while deaths from the virus also increased to five.
Meanwhile, Lagos State still has the highest number of infected persons with 120 reported cases, followed by the FCT with 47, Osun, 20; Oyo, 9; Edo, 9; Bauchi, 6; Akwa Ibom, 5; Kaduna, 5; Ogun, 4; Enugu and Ekiti, 2 each; Rivers, Benue and Ondo, one case apiece.
