The Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has reported an increase in the number of cases recording 203 fresh cases on Monday night as against 30 cases reported the previous day.
Similarly, the NCDC also revealed that 28 Nigerians were killed by the virus in one day.
The figures released by the health agency in its late Monday night tweet showed an increase in number of cases in Benue, which recorded 178 fresh infections out of the 203 new cases reported on Monday.
While Lagos recorded a drop from 26 cases reported the previous day to 10 fresh cases, Ondo recorded six cases; Kaduna, four and Plateau, one case.
The new figures take the overall confirmed COVID-19 infections in Nigeria to 166,518 , with 158,781 recoveries reported so far and 2,099 deaths.
New cases were reported in five States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
See the breakdown below;
Benue-178
Lagos-10
Ondo-6
FCT-4
Kaduna-4
Plateau-1
166,518 confirmed
158,781 discharged
2,099 deaths
