Nigeria yesterday recorded 561 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 25,694.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made the disclosure on Tuesday through its official Twitter handle.
The agency said the 561 new confirmed cases were from 19 states including the FCT.
It added that 17 fatalities were recorded on Tuesday.
It further stated that no new state reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC said that Lagos reported the highest number of cases with 200 new cases while Edo came second with 119 new infections.
Others were Kaduna-52, FCT-52, Niger-32, Ogun-19, Ondo-16, Imo-14, Plateau-11, Abia-8, Oyo-8, Bayelsa-7, Katsina-6, Kano-5, Bauchi-3, Osun-3, Kebbi-3, Borno-2 and Jigawa-1.
The NCDC said as of yesterday, 25,694 cases had been confirmed 15, 358 were active cases; 9,746 cases treated and discharged; 134, 257 samples collected and 590 deaths recorded in 35 states and the FCT.
A breakdown of the 25, 694 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 10, 510 cases, followed by FCT – 1, 870, Oyo – 1, 380, Kano – 1, 216, Edo – 1, 105, Rivers – 1, 056, Delta – 965, Ogun –826, Kaduna – 766, Katsina – 557, Bauchi – 503, Gombe – 503, Borno – 493, Ebonyi – 483, Plateau – 382, Imo – 332, Jigawa – 318, Abia – 310, Ondo – 292, Enugu – 261, Kwara – 217, Nasarawa – 213, Bayelsa – 205, Sokoto – 151, Osun – 127, Niger – 116, Akwa Ibom – 86, Adamawa – 84, Kebbi – 79, Zamfara – 76, Anambra – 73, Yobe – 59, Benue – 59, Ekiti – 43, Taraba – 19 and Kogi – 4.
