Nigeria has recorded 356 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total to 78,790.
The announcement of the figures was made on Monday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.
The Federal Capital Territory is top on the list with 79 new cases while Lagos came second with 59 cases.
The tweets by NCDC read:
“356 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;
FCT-79
Lagos-59
Kaduna-56
Katsina-37
Nasarawa-30
Kano-25
Edo-18
Gombe-14
Kebbi-12
Akwa Ibom-7
Rivers-7
Sokoto-7
Abia-3
Ogun-1
Cross River -1.
“78,790 confirmed
68,483 discharged
1,227 deaths.”