Nigeria, on Tuesday, reported 276 new cases of COVID-19 bringing the new tally of confirmed cases in the country to 8, 344, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has announced.
These states are Lagos, Rivers, Edo, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Oyo, Kano, Delta, Ebonyi, Gombe, Ogun, Ondo, Borno, Abia and Bauchi.
Lagos state remains epicentre of COVID-19 in the country and it also reported the highest daily figure from the virus on Tuesday.
The 276 new cases are reported from 15 states: Lagos - 161, Rivers - 36, Edo - 27, Kaduna - 19, Nasarawa -10, Oyo - 6, Kano - 4, Delta - 3, Ebonyi - 3, Gombe - 2, Ogun - 1, Ondo -1, Borno - 1, Abia -1 and Bauchi -1.
A breakdown of the 8, 344 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3, 756 cases, followed by Kano - 923, FCT - 519, Katsina - 335, Borno - 256, Jigawa - 241, Oyo - 250, Bauchi - 233, Ogun - 241, Edo - 218, Kaduna - 208, Gombe - 150, Rivers - 157, Sokoto - 116, Plateau - 95, Kwara - 79, Zamfara - 76, Yobe - 47, Nasarawa - 56, Osun - 44, Delta - 49, Ebonyi - 36, Imo - 33, Kebbi - 32, Niger - 28, Adamawa - 27, Akwa Ibom - 24, Ondo - 24, Ekiti - 20, Taraba - 18, Enugu - 18 Bayelsa - 12, Abia - 8, Anambra - 10, and Benue - 5.
