The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 573 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Monday.
The 573 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed cases to 16658.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 129 patients from isolation centers across the country with four new deaths reported.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 216 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 7319.
Rivers state recorded 103 new cases while Oyo reported 68, Edo reported 40, Kano 21 cases and Gombe recorded 20 cases.
Other states are FCT-17, Delta-13, Plateau-12, Bauchi-12, Niger-10, Kebbi-9, Ogun-8, Ondo-8, Abia-7, Nasarawa-5, Borno-1, Kwara-1, Benue-1 and Anambra-1.
NCDC reports that there are 16085 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 5349 discharged and 424 deaths.
