The agency in a tweet late Thursday evening said the 338 new cases were reported in 18 states.
These are Lagos, Kano, Oyo, Edo, Katsina, Kaduna, Jigawa, Yobe, Plateau, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Gombe, Ogun, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Delta, Ondo, Rivers, and Adamawa.
The 339 new cases are reported from 18 states- Lagos - 139, Kano - 28, Oyo - 28, Edo - 25, Katsina - 22, Kaduna - 18, 'Jigawa - 14, Yobe - 13, Plateau - 13, FCT - 11, Gombe - 8, Ogun - 5, Bauchi - 4, Nasarawa - 4, Delta - 3, Ondo - 2, Rivers - 1, Adamawa - 1.
A breakdown of the 7,016 confirmed cases shows that Lagos State has so far reported 3,093 cases, followed by Kano - 875, FCT - 446, Katsina - 303, Bauchi - 228, Borno - 227, Jigawa - 225, Ogun - 183, Oyo - 190, Kaduna - 170, Gombe - 144, Edo - 144, Sokoto - 113, Rivers - 80, Zamfara - 76, Kwara - 66, Plateau - 70, Osun - 42, Nasarawa - 38, Yobe - 45, Kebbi - 32, Delta - 31, Adamawa - 27, Niger - 22, Ondo - 22, Ekiti - 20, Akwa Ibom - 18, Taraba - 18, Enugu - 16, Ebonyi - 13, Imo - 7, Bayelsa - 7, Abia - 7, Benue - 5, and Anambra - 5.
There has been an increase in the number of cases reported across the states despite Nigeria's low figure of people tested for the virus.
