By Eseoghene Emuke
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country has recorded 245 new cases of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It said the Nigeria now has 2802 confirmed cases as of Monday.
NCDC disclosed this late Monday night on its verified Twitter handle.
It said the new cases were recorded in 15 states and the FCT.
The agency also disclosed that the number of deaths from the virus across the country have now hit 93.
“245 new cases of #COVID19; 76-Lagos, 37-Katsina, 32-Jigawa, 23-Kano, 19-FCT, 18-Borno, 10-Edo, 9-Bauchi, 6-Adamawa, 5-Oyo, 5-Ogun, 1-Ekiti, 1-Osun, 1-Benue, 1-Niger, 1-Zamfara.
“2802 confirmed cases of #COVID19 in Nigeria
Discharged: 417, Deaths: 93″, the tweet said.