Nigeria has recorded 550 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 70,195.
The figure released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on Tuesday, is the highest in recent time.
According to NCDC, Lagos has the highest number of cases -219.
The Federal Capital Territory has the second highest of 168.
The tweets read:
“550 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
Lagos-219
FCT-168
Kaduna-52
Kwara-19
Kano-15
Rivers-15
Sokoto-10
Enugu-9
Gombe-8
Plateau-7
Osun-7
Anambra-5
Oyo-5
Jigawa-4
Ogun-4
Bauchi-2
Edo-1.
“70,195 confirmed
65,110 discharged
1,182 deaths.”