339 new cases of the novel coronavirus have been Nigeria reported on Thursday, bringing its total infections to 7,016.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, in a tweet via its official handle, confirmed the new figures.
The new infections were from 18 states across the federation; Lagos reported 139 new cases, Kano had 28, Oyo 28, Edo 25, and Katsina 22.
Other states with new cases include Kaduna with 18, Jigawa with 14, Yobe and Plateau with 13 cases each, the FCT with 11, eight in Gombe, five in Ogun, four in Bauchi and Nasarawa each, three in Delta, two in Ondo, and one each in Rivers and Adamawa.
The agency also reported the discharge of 67 patients, making the number of successfully treated cases to 1,907, while deaths also increased by 11, making the country’s death toll from the virus 211.
