Nigeria, on Sunday, recorded 338 new cases of COVID-19 as the total number of cases inched closer to 6,000.
Kaduna, Abia, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Ondo, Kebbi, and Sokoto states.
Lagos State remains the epicentre of COVID-19 in Nigeria and also reported the highest daily figure of infections on Sunday evening.
The 338 new cases are reported from 18 states: Lagos - 177, Kano - 64, FCT - 21, Rivers - 16, Plateau - 14, Oyo - 11, Katsina - 9, Jigawa - 4, Kaduna - 4, Abia - 3, Bauchi - 3, Borno - 3 ,Gombe - 2 , Akwa Ibom - 2, Delta - 2, Ondo - 1, Kebbi - 1 and Sokoto - 1
BREAKDOWN
Nigeria has so far tested 33,970 persons since the beginning of the pandemic.
A breakdown of the 5,959 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 2,550 cases, followed by Kano - 825, FCT - 418, Katsina - 248, Bauchi - 215, Borno - 215, Jigawa - 201, Ogun - 145, Kaduna - 142, Gombe - 126, Oyo - 118, Sokoto - 113,, Edo - 95, Zamfara - 74, Kwara - 58, Rivers - 51, Osun - 42, Plateau - 35 Yobe - 32, Kebbi - 32, Nasarawa - 31, Delta - 27, Niger - 22, Adamawa - 21, Ondo - 20, Ekiti - 19, Akwa Ibom - 18, Taraba - 17, Enugu - 12, , Ebonyi - 9, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 6, Benue - 5, Anambra - 5 and Abia - 2.
