The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 360 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 156,017.
This was disclosed by the NCDC on its official Twitter handle on Monday.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the 360 infections marked an increase from Sunday’s report of 240 in the country.
Sadly recorded were eight COVID-19 deaths, raising the total number of deaths in the country to 1,915.
The NCDC said that the new infections were reported across 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
“One hundred and twenty (120) of the new cases were reported in Lagos, 38 in Edo, 25 in Kaduna, 23 cases each in FCT and Imo state.
“Delta had 19 cases, Akwa Ibom and Plateau reported 17 cases each, Rivers, 16, Nasarawa 15 while Kwara reported 13 cases.
Oyo confirmed 9 cases, Ogun 8, Bauchi and Osun recorded 4 cases each, Kano and Kebbi confirmed 3 cases each, Niger had 2 and Katsina reported 1 case
The health agency said that 136 people have fully recovered after being treated. They have also been discharged after testing negative to the virus.
According to the agency those discharged on Monday includes 81 community recoveries in Lagos State and 70 in the FCT
It said that there were now 19,909 active cases, roughly a decrease of 247 in the last two days.
On the whole the country has tested 1,544,008 people since the first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was announced on Feb. 27, 2020.