Chidi Samuel| Nigeria on Tuesday confirmed 1,861 new cases of #COVID19 with 839 recoveries and 22 deaths recorded across the country.
The Nigeria Centre For Disease Control which made the disclosure in a statement via its verified Twitter handle, said the new infections were recorded in 23 states and the FCT.
According to the update, Lagos recorded 773 new infections, followed by the FCT-285, Oyo-138, Rivers-111, Plateau-92, Nasarawa-83, Kaduna-59, Enugu-57, Imo-57, Edo-43, Kano-27, and Kwara-20.
Other states that reported new infections are, Ebonyi-19, Abia-17, Ogun-12, Osun-12, Katsina-8, Bayelsa-6, Bauchi-5, Delta-5, Borno-4, Jigawa-4, and Zamfara-1.
The health agency further revealed that so far, Nigeria has 126,160 confirmed cases of the virus, with 100,365 recoveries and 1544 deaths.
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