The Nigeria Center for Disease Control ,NCDC on Monday recorded 321 new cases of coronavirus across the country bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 52548.
According to update from the agency through its official Twitter handle the new cases were detected in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Lagos recorded the highest number of cases with 98, followed by the FCT with 34, Kaduna with 30, Nasarawa with 25, Benue with 21, Plateau with 17, Rivers with 15, and Adamawa and Ogun with 11 each.
Other states that recorded new cases are Enugu (9), Edo (8), Delta (7), Ekiti (7), Gombe (5), Ebonyi (4), Bayelsa (3), Kano (3), Ondo (3), Cross River (2), Imo (2), Kebbi (2), Niger (2), Abia (1), and Bauchi (1).
The total number of recoveries also rose to 39,257 after 312 patients recovered while 2 two more deaths were recorded moving the death toll to 1,004 on Monday.
