The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, says the country has recorded 999 new cases of coronavirus infections.
The new cases tweeted on its Twitter handle @NCDCGov Tuesday night saw the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, recording the highest of 416, followed by Lagos, 324.
It also showed that the least state was Jigawa, which recorded one case.
According to the tweet, since the outbreak of the virus in February 2019, a total of 79,789 cases have been confirmed, 68,879 were discharged and 1,231 deaths record.
The breakdown of the new cases by states are as follows:
FCT-416, Lagos-32, Kaduna-698, Plateau-42, Kwara-32, Kano-24, Gombe-14, Sokoto-12, Yobe-12, Akwa Ibom-11 and Bayelsa-10.
Others are Rivers-7, Bauchi-7, Ogun-6, Oyo-5, Edo-4, Taraba-4 and Jigawa-1
