COVID-19: Nigeria records 245 new cases, total now 7,261

Nigeria has recorded 245 new cases of coronavirus on Friday, increasing the total number to 7,261.

Lagos has continued to maintain its position as the state with the highest number of cases.

It has 131 new cases.

The details as provided by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle read:

“245 new cases of #COVID19;

131-Lagos

16-Jigawa

13-Ogun

12-Borno

9-Kaduna

9-Oyo

9-Rivers

9-Ebonyi

8-Kano

7-Kwara

5-Katsina

3-Akwa Ibom

3-Sokoto

2-Bauchi

2-Yobe

1-Anambra

1-Gombe

1-Niger

1-Ondo

1-Plateau

1-FCT

1-Bayelsa

“7261 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 2007

Deaths: 221.”