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.”