COVID-19: Nigeria records 338 new cases, total now 5,959

Nigeria has recorded 338 coronavirus cases on Sunday, bringing the total number in the country to 5,959.

Of the new cases, Lagos State has the highest number of 177.

The announcement was made by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, on its Twitter handle.

The tweets read:

“338 new cases of #COVID19;

177-Lagos

64-Kano

21-FCT

16-Rivers

14-Plateau

11-Oyo

9-Katsina

4-Jigawa

4-Kaduna

3-Abia

3-Bauchi

3-Borno

2-Gombe

2-Akwa Ibom

2-Delta

1-Ondo

1-Kebbi

1-Sokoto

“5959 cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria

Discharged: 1594

Deaths: 182.”