Nigeria’s populated city Lagos and Kano states have the highest numbers. While Lagos recorded 43 new cases, Kano recorded 32 new cases.

Zamfara State witnessed a spike with 14 new cases announced while Abuja recorded 10 new cases.

Katsina continue recording more cases as nine new cases were recorded in the state while Taraba State confirmed seven new cases.

Borno and Ogun recorded six new cases each while Oyo State has five new cases, NCDC also announced three new cases in Edo, Kaduna and Bauchi.

Two new cases were found in Adamawa and Gombe while Plateau, Sokoto and Kebbi had one new case each.

In total, Nigeria has now confirmed 2950 cases of COVID19, discharged 481 persons, while 98 persons have died.