The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 503 confirmed new coronavirus cases in the country on Tuesday.
The 503 cases announced by the Centre for Disease Control takes the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 29879.
The NCDC also announced the discharge of 280 patients from isolation centers across the country with 15 new deaths reported.
Lagos state, the epicentre of the virus in Nigeria topped the number of confirmed cases with 153 new cases taking the total number of confirmed cases in Lagos alone to 11520.
Ondo state recorded 76 new cases, Edo reported 54 new cases while FCT, Enugu, and Rivers recorded 41, 37 and 30 new cases respectively.
Other states are Benue-24, Osun-20, Kaduna-15, Kwara-13, Abia-9, Borno-8, Plateau-6, Taraba-5, Ogun-3, Kano-3, Kebbi-2, Nasarawa-2, Bayelsa-1 and Gombe-1.
NCDC reports that there are 29879 cases of COVID-19 in Nigeria with 12108 discharged and 669 deaths.
