The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 544 new cases COVID-19 in Nigeria, bringing the country’s total infection to 28,711.
NCDC confirmed this in a tweet on Sunday night.
According to the agency dashboard, it revealed that the new COVID-19 cases were reported in 18 states in the country and the Federal Capital.
Lagos State has remained the state with the highest number of cases so far, confirming 199 new cases.
Other states which had new COVID-19 cases include Ebonyi – 65, Oyo – 47, Ondo – 46, Ogun – 31, Edo – 30, FCT – 28, Katsina – 25 and Plateau – 15.
The rest are: Bayelsa – 11, Kaduna – 10, Adamawa – 10, Akwa Ibom – 8, Gombe – 7, Kano – 4, Taraba – 3, Rivers -2, Abia – 2, Ekiti -1.
Meanwhile, the country has discharged 11,665 persons who contracted the virus so far, including 645 deaths recorded.