The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced this on Twitter, saying the new cases were reported in 22 states, with four deaths.
The new cases make up for the highest single-day tally for COVID-19 infections in the country.
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Delta State with 166 dethroned Lagos which reported 120 new infections.
Others are Enugu-66 FCT-65 Edo-60 Ogun-43 Kano-41 Kaduna-39 Ondo-33 Rivers-32 Bayelsa-29 Katsina-21 Imo-20 Kwara-18 Oyo-11 Abia-10 Benue-6 Gombe-4 Yobe-2 Bauchi-2 Kebbi-2.
AFRICA DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK