The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said Nigeria on Monday recorded 422 new cases of COVID-19 and five more deaths.
In the agency’s latest report, the infections were recorded in nine states. Lagos takes the lead with 190 cases, followed by Rivers (86) and Ogun (85).
Others are Oyo (22), FCT (20), Kwara (7), Edo (5), Abia (4), and Bayelsa (3)
Till date a total of 178,508 cases have been confirmed, 165,983 patients have been discharged and 2,192 deaths have been recorded in 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory.
More than 200 million cases of the pandemic have been confirmed with a spike in the death toll of four million globally.