The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed 587 new COVID-19 infections, which pushed the number of cases in Nigeria to 17,735.
It has recorded 14 new COVID-19 related deaths, raising the tally from 455 to 469 in the last 24 hours.
The NCDC gave the breakdown of the new cases, which showed that Lagos recorded 155 new cases, Edo 75, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) 67, Rivers 65, Oyo 56, Delta 50, Bayelsa 25, Plateau and Kaduna 18 each, Enugu 17, Borno and Ogun 12 each, Ondo seven, Kwara four, Kano and Gombe two each, while Sokoto and Kebbi one each.
It said: “Nigeria has recorded 17,735 cases of COVID-19. 5,967 persons have been discharged, while 469 persons have died.”