Nigeria has recorded 276 new confirmed cases and 16 fresh covid-19 deaths linked to the rampaging Coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 8,344 and deaths to 249.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said in its Twitter handle on Tuesday night that the total number of COVID-19 patients treated and discharged is now 2,385.
According to NCDC, 276 new cases of #COVID19 were recorded in 15 States of the Federation with Lagos leading with a total commanding figure of 161, Rivers-36, Edo-27, Kaduna-19, Nasarawa-10, Oyo-6, Kano-4, Delta-3, Ebonyi-3, Gombe-2, Ogun-1, Ondo-1, Borno-1, Abia-1 and Bauchi-1.