Nigeria has recorded 338 new cases of the deadly novel coronavirus. This is the highest number of cases the country has recorded in a day and this brings the total number of cases in Nigeria to 5959.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) took to its official Twitter handle to make the announcement.
It tweeted, “338 new cases of #COVID19; 177-Lagos, 64-Kano, 21-FCT, 16-Rivers, 14-Plateau, 11-Oyo, 9-Katsina; 4-Jigawa, 4-Kaduna, 3-Abia, 3-Bauchi, 3-Borno, 2-Gombe, 2-Akwa Ibom, 2-Delta ,1-Ondo, 1-Kebbi, 1-Sokoto.
5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria. Discharged: 1594. Deaths: 182,”it added.