COVID-19: 241 new cases confirmed, as death jump to 314

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced that it has confirmed 241 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nigeria.

The news was contained in a late Tuesday night update on social media, where the Centre indicated the breakdown of the new cases by state.

Lagos – 142
Oyo – 15
FCT – 13
Kano – 12
Edo -11
Delta -10
Kaduna – 9
Rivers – 9
Borno – 8
Jigawa – 4
Gombe – 3
Plateau – 3
Osun – 1
Bauchi – 1

With the latest figures, Nigeria has now recorded a total of 10,819 COVID-19 cases in the country, with 2,239 discharge, and 314 patients dead, making Nigeria the country with the third-highest number of cases in Africa, after South Africa and Egypt.