The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC has recorded 226 new cases of COVID-19 in the country.
This was announced by the health agency in a tweet on Tuesday night.
This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 6,401.
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It was tweeted that 15 states had new infections with Lagos having the highest number, 131, followed by Ogun State.
226 new cases of #COVID19;
131-Lagos
25-Ogun
15-Plateau
11-Edo
7-Kaduna
6-Oyo
5-FCT
5-Adamawa
4-Jigawa
4-Ebonyi
4-Borno
3-Nasarawa
2-Bauchi
2-Gombe
1-Enugu
1-Bayelsa
6401 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 1734
Deaths: 192
So far, 1,734 patients have been discharged while 192 deaths was recorded.