Nigeria has recorded 288 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total infections to 44,129.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Monday night via Twitter.
According to the health agency, the new infections were recorded in the Federal Capital Territory and 14 other states of the federation.
While Lagos topped the list with 88 new cases,Kwara followed with 33 fresh infections.
The other states with new cases include Osun – 27, FCT-25,Enugu- 25, Abia – 20, Kaduna – 17, Plateau and Rivers – 13, Delta – 10, Gombe – 8, Ogun – 4, Oyo – 3, Katsina – 1 and Bauchi – 1.
However, the silver lining is that the country has been able to manage and successfully discharged 20,663 patients who were said to have recovered from the Virus.
However, eight new deaths were reported, thus bringing the total number of fatalities to 896.
