284 new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Nigeria.
A breakdown by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC shows that 199 of the new cases were recorded in Lagos, 26 in Rivers, 19 in Oyo, 8 in FCT, 8 in Borno, 7 in Plateau, 6 in Jigawa, 5 in Kano, 2 in Abia and one each in Ekiti, Delta, Kwara and Taraba state respectively.
Nigeria now has 6677 confirmed cases of the viral disease. 1840 patients have been discharged with 200 deaths recorded so far.
