Nigeria, Monday, witnessed a slight drop in the 290 fresh recorded cases of COVID-19 while the number of recovered persons stands at 33,346.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) stated the latest COVID-19 figure in a tweet on its handle.
Nigeria’s new cases were confirmed in 15 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), taking the number of infected people in the nation to 46,867.
The NCDC latest data indicate that Lagos reported the highest cases for the day – 82 – and is followed by Plateau – 82 infections.
Other states with fresh cases are Oyo – 19, FCT – 18; Edo – 16; Kaduna – 15; Enugu -9; Ogun – 9; Kano -8; Kwara – 8; Cross River -5; Ondo – 5; Rivers -5; Ekiti -4; Imo – 3 and Borno -2.
The disease has so far claimed 950 lives, the NCDC data showed.
