A total of Five Hundred and Three, 503, new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Nigeria.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced the figure on Tuesday.

NCDC said Lagos State recorded 153 cases, while Ondo State followed with 76 cases.

Nigeria now has a total of 29,879 confirmed cases and 669 deaths.

The tweet reads “ 503 new cases of COVID-19 Nigeria;

Lagos-153
Ondo-76
Edo-54
FCT-41
Enugu-37
Rivers-30
Benue-24
Osun-20
Kaduna-15
Kwara-13
Abia-9
Borno-8
Plateau-6
Taraba-5
Ogun-3
Kano-3
Kebbi-2
Nasarawa-2
Bayelsa-1
Gombe-1

“29,879 confirmed cases, 12,108 patients have been discharged with 669 deaths recorded.”

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Nigeria records 503 new COVID-19 cases, 669 total deaths