By Eseoghene Emuke
Nigeria recorded her highest daily number of COVID-19 cases as the country’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 663 new cases.
This brings the country’s total number of cases to 13464.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) confirmed that the new cases were recorded in FCT Abuja and 25 states including Delta, Edo, Rivers and Abia States.
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The figures released by NCDC late Tuesday night revealed that a total of 166 patients were discharged across the country on Tuesday bringing the total of discharged to 4206.
It noted that Lagos continue to lead the pack with fresh 170 cases and closely followed by Ogun which recorded 108 new cases.
“663 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-170 Ogun-108 Bauchi-69 Ebonyi-49 Edo-33 Rivers-30 FCT-26 Jigawa-26 Delta-20 Anambra-17 Gombe-16 Kano-16 Imo-15 Abia-14 Borno-11 Oyo-11 Plateau-8 Kebbi-6 Kaduna-6 Ondo-4 Niger-2 Katsina-2 Osun-1 Ekiti-1 Kwara-1 Nasarawa-1.
“13464 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 4206. Deaths: 365”, NCDC added.