Nigeria’s death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic increased by eight to 533 on Tuesday.

There were 452 new confirmed cases announced by the NCDC.

The nation’s coronavirus tally has now hit 21,371 cases.

Lagos topped the daily leaderboard again in the new figures announced, with 209 cases

The caseload for the epicenter of the virus is now 9,073.

Oyo posted another high figure of 67, just nine fewer than the 76 posted on Monday.

Hopefully, Governor Seyi Makinde may have seen some wisdom in agreeing with the Federal Government to delay the resumption of schools in the state.

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The state now has a cumulative total of 1,055 cases. It remains 4th on the grim chart.

Similarly, Ogun recorded 36 cases, Abia (20), Enugu (16), Bauchi (15).

Meanwhile, Kaduna and Ondo recorded 8 cases respectively, Osun (7) with Benue and Imo each recording (3) cases.

While the FCT has 22 cases, Borno, however, has the least figure with just 1 case.

This brings the total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country to 21,371 with the number of discharged patients to 7, 338.