The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday said 338 new confirmed cases and 6 deaths were recorded in Nigeria.
With the new figure, 5,959 cases have been confirmed, 4,183 cases are active, 1,594 cases have been discharged and 182 deaths have been recorded in 34 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
However, no new State has reported a case in the last 24 hours.
The 338 new cases are reported from 18 States, namely, Lagos (177), Kano (64), FCT (21), Rivers (16), Plateau (14), Oyo (11), Katsina (9), Jigawa (4), Kaduna (4), Abia (3), Bauchi (3), Borno (3),Gombe (2), Akwa Ibom (2), Delta (2), Ondo (1), Kebbi (1), Sokoto (1). Meanwhile, about 33,970 samples have been tested in Nigeria, since the outbreak of the pandemic in February, a figure termed too low for a population of about 200 milllion.