Nigeria Records 571 New Cases Of COVID-19

As Nigeria battles the second wave of the ravaging coronavirus, 571 new cases were recorded on Tuesday, February 23.

According to agency, Lagos recorded 170 fresh cases.

Other states with new cases include Ogun-65, FCT-45, Kwara-34, Abia-32, Enugu-32, Kano-25, Oyo-22, Ondo-21, Rivers-19, Kaduna-19, Benue-18, Bayelsa-12, Kebbi-12, Nasarawa-11, Akwa Ibom-9, Delta-8, Ekiti-6, Niger-5, Bauchi-3 and Imo-3.

Nigeria now has 153,187 confirmed cases of the viral disease.129,943 patients have been successfully treated and discharged. 1,874 deaths have been recorded from the disease.

See a breakdown of the number of cases per states below;