The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 624 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Tuesday.
The 624 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 41804.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 561 patients from isolation centers across the country with eight new deaths reported.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 212 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 14848.
Oyo state recorded 69 new cases, Niger reported 49 new cases while Kano, Osun and FCT recorded 37, 37 and 35 new cases respectively.
Other states are Plateau-34, Gombe-33, Edo-28, Enugu-28, Ebonyi-17, Delta-10, Katsina-9, Ogun-8, Rivers-7, Ondo-5, Kaduna-4 and Nasarawa-2.
NCDC reports that there are 41804 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 18764 discharged and 868 deaths.
