The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 403 new infections bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 16,085 as at Sunday.
Thirteen deaths were recorded from the virus on Sunday bringing the total number of confirmed deaths from the virus to 420.
The health agency in a tweet Sunday night said the new cases were reported in 20 states.
These are Gombe, Lagos, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Kano, Kaduna, Edo, Oyo, Imo, Enugu, Abia, Delta, Anambra, Rivers, Nasarawa, Ogun, Plateau, Kebbi, Borno, Niger and Ondo.
All the reporting states already had at least a case of the virus.
35 states and the FCT have recorded at least a case of the disease. Only one state, Cross River, is yet to report any case of the virus.
Lagos recorded the highest daily figure of the infection. The state also remains the epicentre for the virus in the country.
The 501 new cases are reported from 24 states Lagos – 195, FCT – 50, Kano – 42, Kaduna – 27, Edo – 26, Oyo – 22, Imo – 21, Gombe – 17, Benue – 12, Enugu – 12, Delta – 11, Anambra – 11, Ebonyi – 10, Nasarawa – 9, Ogun – 9, Bauchi – 8, Kebbi – 4, Akwa Ibom – 3, Jigawa – 3, Katsina – 3, Yobe – 2, Borno – 2, Kwara – 1 and Ondo – 1
Since the onset of the outbreak in Nigeria in February, NCDC said 90, 464 samples have so far been tested.
As at Saturday, there were 10, 174 active cases of COVID-19 in the country, 5, 101 have recovered and have been discharged.
A breakdown of the 15,682 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 7, 035 cases, followed by FCT – 1, 212, Kano – 1, 091, Ogun – 553, Edo – 544, Oyo – 491, Rivers – 482, Kaduna – 429, Borno – 425, Katsina – 414, Bauchi – 410, Gombe – 337, Jigawa – 317, Delta – 254, Ebonyi – 162, Abia – 151, Kwara – 150, Plateau – 149, Nasarawa – 141, Imo – 135, Sokoto – 132, Zamfara – 76, Anambra – 64, Ondo – 63, Yobe – 55,Kebbi – 54, Enugu – 51, Osun – 50, Niger – 49, Akwa Ibom – 48 Adamawa – 42,, Benue – 34, Bayelsa – 32, Ekiti – 30, Taraba – 18, and Kogi – 3.
