The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has again confirmed 1,617 new cases of coronavirus across the country.
The health agency in a late-night tweet, also reported an additional 14 deaths, bringing total casualties from the virus to 1,449.
Till date, Nigeria has now recorded 112,004 COVID-19 infections with 89,939 cases successfully treated and discharged.
The new cases on Monday were recorded in 17 states and the federal capital territory with Lagos recording the highest with 776 new cases.
Other states with new cases include Kaduna-147,Kwara-131, FCT-102, Plateau-78, Edo-59 ,Ogun-53, Osun-45, Rivers-37, Taraba-36 Nasarawa-34, Adamawa-33, Kano-26, Delta-20, Ebonyi-16, Bayelsa-11, Gombe-11, and Borno-2.
Nigeria has witnessed a surge in new cases since last December when the federal government announced a second wave of the pandemic.
Earlier on Monday, Chairman of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha said that one in every five persons tested in Nigeria in the last week turned out positive.
Despite the surge, schools reopened in most states across the country under a federal government directive.
While critics have faulted the re-opening, the government says return to the classrooms should be done in line with COVID-19 regulations such as social distancing and wearing of face-masks.
