COVID-19: Nigeria Records 561 New Cases As Total Infections Exceed 25,000
"Till date, 25694 cases have been confirmed, 9746 cases have been discharged and 590 deaths have been recorded in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory", NCDC reveals.
Joy Kalu 
Nigeria has recorded 561 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 25,694.
This was confirmed on Tuesday night by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) in a tweet via its official handle.
Just like the previous day, the new cases were recorded across 18 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Giving a breakdown of the cases, the NCDC noted that the five states with the highest number of infections were Lagos – 200, Edo – 119, Kaduna – 52, Niger – 32 and Ogun 19.
Others included Ondo – 16, Imo – 14, Plateau – 11, Abia, and Oyo states each having 8 cases, Bayelsa – 7 and Katsina – 6.
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Meanwhile, states with fewer cases include Kano – 5, Bauchi, Osun, and Kebbi each having 3 cases, Borno – 2 and Jigawa – 1.
On a positive note, 344 more patients have been successfully treated and discharged from the isolation centers in various parts of the country.
This brings to 9,746 the number of people who have been discharged so far, although 17 more patients lost the battle to COVID-19.
The NCDC has put the country’s death toll from the disease at 590.
See the states with their total figures below:
